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Title: Playing with Fire
Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Date: 1966-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION

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  Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Medley Macabre: An Anthology of Stories of the Supernatural, Being Ghosts, Psychical Phenomena, Uncanny Mysteries 1966-00-00 ed. Bryan A. Netherwood Hammond, Hammond and Company  
30/-?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).
544
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Ring of Thoth: and Other Stories 1968-00-00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray 0-7195-1778-8
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).
190
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 Magicians: Occult Stories 1972-07-00 ed. Peter Haining Peter Owen 0-7206-0152-5
£3.00?£: UK pound
220
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Eliphas Levi  
Uncanny Tales 3 1975-00-00 ed. Dennis Wheatley Sphere (The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult #37) 0-7221-9039-5
£0.60?£: UK pound
235+
[5]
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.
anth Checkmark
The Magicians: Occult Stories 1975-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Pan Books 0-330-24247-4
£0.60?£: UK pound
236
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.
anth Alan Lee  
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories 2000-10-00 ed. Peter Haining Robinson 1-84119-160-4
£6.99?£: UK pound
576
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 Joe Roberts  
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories 2000-11-00 ed. Peter Haining Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0791-7
$11.95?$: US dollar
576
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 Simon Marsden Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories 2001-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0791-7
$11.95?$: US dollar
xii+
576
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 Simon Marsden  
The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories 2004-00-00 ed. uncredited Wordsworth Editions 1-84022-056-2   1149
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 Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (Revised + expanded) 2005-08-00 ed. Peter Haining Robinson 1-84529-185-9
£7.99?£: UK pound
xiv+
689
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 Joe Roberts  
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (Revised + expanded) 2005-08-00 ed. Peter Haining Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1603-7
$13.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
689
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 Joe Roberts Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories 2007-09-00 ed. Peter Haining Robinson 1-84529-476-9
£7.99?£: UK pound
xxi+
582
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 Joe Roberts  
The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories 2007-09-00 ed. Peter Haining Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1960-5
$13.95?$: US dollar
xxi+
582
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 Joe Roberts Checkmark
The Horror of the Heights & Other Strange Tales 2010-00-00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Fall River Press 978-1-4351-3249-8   x+
334
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories 2011-07-19 ed. Peter Haining Robinson 978-1-78033-364-9
£3.98?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  


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