Publication: The Second Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories

Publication: The Second Fontana Book of Great Ghost StoriesPublication Record # 46675
Editor: Robert Aickman
Date: 1966-00-00
Catalog ID: 1227
Publisher: Fontana
Price:
3/6^?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).
Pages: 252
Format:
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.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 11741496
- Reginald-1: 00082

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • Introduction (The Second Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) • essay by Robert Aickman
11 • Playing with Fire • (1900) • short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
25 • Man-Size in Marble • short story by E. Nesbit [as by Edith Nesbit]
37 • How Love Came to Professor Guildea • (1897) • novella by Robert Hichens
83 • The Demon Lover • (1941) • short story by Elizabeth Bowen
90 • A. V. Laider • (1916) • short story by Max Beerbohm
111 • The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
121 • Our Distant Cousins • [Jorkens] • (1929) • novelette by Lord Dunsany
146 • The Inner Room • novelette by Robert Aickman
178 • Thurnley Abbey • (1907) • short story by Perceval Landon
194 • Nightmare Jack • (1925) • short story by John Metcalfe
213 • The Damned Thing • (1893) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
222 • Afterward • (1910) • novelette by Edith Wharton

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	N/A	Rtrace	2021-08-18 19:17:40
Bleiler Supernatural	N/A	Rtrace	2021-08-18 19:17:40
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	N/A	Bluesman	2011-08-26 16:43:14
Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2011-08-26 16:43:14
Clute/Grant	Verified	Bluesman	2011-10-11 18:23:14
Clute/Nicholls	N/A	Bluesman	2011-08-26 16:43:14
Contento1 (anth/coll)	N/A	Bluesman	2011-08-26 16:43:14
Currey	N/A	Bluesman	2011-08-26 16:43:14
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2011-08-26 16:43:14
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2011-08-26 16:43:14
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2011-08-26 16:43:14
Reginald1	Verified	Mhhutchins	2009-04-08 01:20:15
Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2011-08-26 16:43:14
Tuck	Verified	Mhhutchins	2007-07-20 16:59:35