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Title: Carnival on the Downs Title Record # 97757
Author: Gerald Kersh
Date: 1955-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A man encounters two circus artists who are injured and sick and then goes to find medical help, only to discover they had actually died years before.
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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Men Without Bones 1955-11-28 Gerald Kersh William Heinemann  
12/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
194
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Peter Rudland  
Men Without Bones 1955-11-28 Gerald Kersh British Book Service      
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
coll  
Argosy (UK), June 1956 1956-06-00 ed. Editors of Argosy (UK) The Amalgamated Press  
2/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
144
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag  
The Best of Gerald Kersh 1960-08-22 Gerald Kersh William Heinemann     viii+
344
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Best of Gerald Kersh 1960-08-22 Gerald Kersh British Book Service     viii+
343
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Men Without Bones 1960-10-21 Gerald Kersh WDL SF975
2/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
156
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Checkmark
The Best of Gerald Kersh 1963-07-22 Gerald Kersh William Heinemann     viii+
343
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural 1979-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Octopus Books 0-7064-1387-3   704
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural 1982-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Octopus Books / Marks and Spencer 0-904230-99-6   704
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural 1982-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Octopus Books 0-7064-1387-3   704
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Vampires & Other Horrors 1992-00-00 ed. uncredited Chancellor Press 1-85152-235-2
£4.99?£: UK pound
541
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Theo Platt  
Great Vampire Stories 2002-00-00 ed. uncredited Chancellor Press 0-7537-0570-2
£6.99?£: UK pound
538
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Checkmark
The Best of Gerald Kersh 2013-10-17 Gerald Kersh Faber and Faber (Faber Finds) 978-0-571-30448-6
£14.00?£: UK pound
viii+
343
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
The Best of Gerald Kersh 2013-10-17 Gerald Kersh Faber and Faber (Faber Finds) 978-0-571-30449-3
£14.00?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Checkmark
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