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Title: The King Who Collected Clocks Title Record # 97819
Author: Gerald Kersh
Date: 1948-03-00
Variant Title of: The Royal Imposter (1947) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: Borderline speculative fiction concerning lifelike clockwork people. First appearance as 'The King Who Collected Clocks' in Argosy (UK), March 1948.
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Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Argosy (UK), March 1948 1948-03-00 ed. Editors of Argosy (UK) The Amalgamated Press  
1/6?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).
128
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Guttersnipe: Little Novels 1954-03-29 Gerald Kersh William Heinemann  
10/6?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).
223
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
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  
The Best of Gerald Kersh 1963-07-22 Gerald Kersh William Heinemann     viii+
343
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Nightshade & Damnations 1968-00-00 Gerald Kersh Fawcett Gold Medal R1887
$0.60?$: US dollar
192
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 Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon Checkmark
Nightshade & Damnations 1969-00-00 Gerald Kersh Coronet Books / Hodder Fawcett (UK) 0-340-10839-8
5/-?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).
193
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 Josh Kirby  
Nightshade and Damnations 2013-04-09 Gerald Kersh Valancourt Books 978-1-939140-15-9
$14.99?$: US dollar
viii+
154
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) 978-0-571-30448-6
£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
Nightshade and Damnations 2013-11-08 Gerald Kersh Valancourt Books  
$14.99?$: US dollar
166
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Checkmark
Nightshade and Damnations 2019-03-26 Gerald Kersh Valancourt Books 978-1-948405-35-5
$15.99?$: US dollar
178
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  
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