Publication: The Second Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories

Publication: The Second Fontana Book of Great Horror StoriesPublication Record # 485416
Editor: Christine Bernard
Date: 1967-00-00
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: 221
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: 11049399
- Reginald-1: 01185

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

9 • The Spider • novelette by Elizabeth Walter
35 • The Book • (1930) • short story by Margaret Irwin
50 • Something Strange • (1960) • short story by Kingsley Amis
69 • Satan's Circus • (1931) • short story by Lady Eleanor Smith
85 • The Photograph • (1949) • short fiction by Nigel Kneale
91 • The Beast with Five Fingers • (1919) • novelette by William Fryer Harvey
118 • As Gay As Cheese • (1956) • short story by Joan Aiken
124 • The Hound of Death • (1933) • short story by Agatha Christie
142 • Judith • non-genre • (1934) • short story by Hjalmar Bergman (trans. of Judith 1915)
149 • The Victim • (1922) • novelette by May Sinclair
171 • The House on Big Faraway • (1934) • short story by Norman Matson
182 • The Killing-Bottle • (1927) • novelette by L. P. Hartley

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