Title: A Decided Loss
Title Record # 1004537
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Date: 1832-11-10
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Tales of the Folio Club
Webpages: en.wikisource.org
Language: English
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Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Date: 1832-11-10
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Tales of the Folio Club
Webpages: en.wikisource.org
Language: English
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Saturday Courier, November 10, 1832 | 1832-11-10 | ed. Editors of Saturday Courier | Woodward & Spragg | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
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The Southern Literary Messenger, September 1835 | 1835-09-00 | ed. Editors of The Southern Literary Messenger | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
mag | ||||||
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque | 1840-01-00 | Edgar A. Poe | Lea and Blanchard |
243+ 228 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe | 1856-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | J. S. Redfield |
lv+ 483+ xxxvi+ 495+ 607+ 447 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
The Prose Tales of Edgar Allan Poe: Second Series | 1877-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | W. J. Widdleton | 370 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
The Prose Tales of Edgar Allan Poe: Third Series | 1889-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | A. C. Armstrong & Son |
vi+ 446 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
Der Engel des Wunderlichen | 1901-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | J. C. C. Bruns (Edgar Allan Poes Werke in zehn Bänden #10) | 240 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
Tales of Mystery and Imagination | 1902-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Grant Richards (The World's Classics #XXI) | 1/-?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). |
367 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
The Gold-Bug and Other Tales | 1902-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | A. L. Burt Company | 398 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 8 | 1905-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Croscup & Holby?Croscup and Holby (The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe #8) |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||||
Tales of Mystery and Imagination | 1908-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | J. M. Dent & Sons (Everyman's Library #336) |
xv+ 527 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
Poe's Short Stories | 1927-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Harcourt, Brace & Company |
xxxvi+ 460 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms with New Notes | 1927-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Walter J. Black, Inc. | 1296 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
Tales of Mystery and Imagination | 1928-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Oxford University Press (The World's Classics #XXI) | 367 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms | 1931-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Blue Ribbon Books |
[32]+ 918 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
Edgar Allan Poe and the Philadelphia Saturday Courier: Facsimile Reproductions of the First Texts of Poe's Earliest Tales and "Raising the Wind" | 1933-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | University of Virginia Press |
xi+ 85 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | 1938-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Modern Library (Modern Library Giant) | $1.25?$: US dollar |
xii+ 1026 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Paul Galdone | ||
The Complete Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe | 1943-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Sun Dial Press | 460 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
Tales | 1952-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Dodd, Mead & Co. (Great Illustrated Classics) | 666 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque | 1960-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Dolphin Books / Doubleday | C50 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
317 | 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 | Edward Gorey | |
Tales of Mystery and Imagination | 1962-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton (Everyman's Library #1336) | 6/6?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). |
xii+ 527 |
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 | Robin Jacques | ||
The Pit and the Pendulum | 1962-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Digit Books | R565 | 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). |
158 | 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 | ||
Tales of Mystery and Imagination | 1963-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | J. M. Dent & Sons (Everyman's Library #1336) | 1336 | 6/6?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). |
xii+ 527 |
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 | Robin Jacques | |
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | 1966-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Doubleday | $5.95?$: US dollar |
ix+ 819 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
Complete Stories of Edgar Allan Poe | 1966-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | International Collectors Library |
vii+ 736 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
Contes | 1968-00-00 | Edgar Poe | Aubier-Flammarion (Aubier-Flammarion (bilingue) #9) | 375 | 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 | ||||
Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe | 1970-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Perennial Classic / Harper & Row |
ix+ 564 |
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 | ||||
Tales of Mystery and Imagination | 1971-03-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | J. M. Dent (Everyman's Library #1336) | 0-460-01336-X | £0.50?£: UK pound |
xii+ 527 |
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 | Smythe | |
Comic Tales of Edgar Allan Poe | 1973-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Canongate Books | 0-903937-01-8 |
xii+ 125 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | 1975-09-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Vintage Books | 0-394-71678-7 / V-678 | $5.95?$: US dollar |
xii+ 1026 |
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 | ||
Tales of Mystery and Imagination | 1977-07-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | J. M. Dent (Everyman's Library #1336) | 0-460-01336-X | £1.25?£: UK pound |
xii+ 527 |
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 | ||
Vrånghetens demon?Vranghetens demon |
1978-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Delta (Stockholm) (Skräckens klassiker #6) | 91-7228-170-7 | 190 | 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 | Henri Lievens | ||
Forty-Two Tales | 1979-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Octopus Books | 0-7064-1053-X | £2.95?£: UK pound |
638 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Harry Clarke | |
The Annotated Tales of Edgar Allan Poe | 1981-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Doubleday | 0-385-14990-5 | $35.00?$: US dollar |
xvii+ 683 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
Edgar Allan Poe | 1983-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Chatham River Press | 0-517-41375-2 |
xii+ 704 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales | 1984-08-01 | Edgar Allan Poe | The Library of America (The Library of America #19) | 0-940450-18-6 | $27.50?$: US dollar |
1408 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
Tales of Mystery and Imagination | 1985-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Chancellor Press (Oxford World's Classics) | 1-85152-008-2 | 367 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Graham Ward | ||
Works of Edgar Allan Poe | 1985-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Gramercy Books | 0-517-05358-6 |
ix+ 753 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | |||
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | 1991-03-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Doubleday | 0-385-07407-7 | $19.95?$: US dollar |
821 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Jackie Schuman | |
Selected Tales | 1991-08-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Vintage Books / The Library of America | 0-679-72524-5 | $9.50?$: US dollar |
xxiii+ 436 |
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 Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | 1992-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Modern Library (Modern Library Giant) | 0-679-60007-8 | $20.00?$: US dollar |
xii+ 1026 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
Der Teufel im Glockenturm | 1993-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Insel (Insel Taschenbuch #1528) | 3-458-33228-6 | DM 19.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
398 | 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 | ||
Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales | 1994-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | The Library of America (The Library of America #19) | 0-940450-18-6 | $37.50?$: US dollar |
1408 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and Related Tales | 1994-04-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) | 0-19-282844-4 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
301 | 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 | Frederick Edwin Church | |
Tales of Mystery and Imagination | 1995-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics) | 1-85326-844-5 |
[viii]+ 296 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Arnold Bocklin | ||
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 4 (Raven Edition) | 2000-04-01 | Edgar Allan Poe | Project Gutenberg | 2150 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | ||||
Faszination des Grauens | 2003-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Area (Area Kultwerke des Horrors) | 3-89996-022-X | €9.95?€: Euro |
799 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
Tales of Mystery and Imagination | 2003-09-01 | Edgar Allan Poe | Collector's Library | 1-904633-13-7 | 456 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
Selected Works | 2005-00-00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Edimat Books (Selected Works) | 84-9794-034-2 | $11.95?$: US dollar |
610 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
La masque de la Mort Rouge et autres nouvelles fantastiques | 2008-03-04 | Edgar Allan Poe | Gallimard (Folio SF #98) | 978-2-07-042347-7 | 374 | 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 | Guillaume Sorel | ||
Tales of Mystery and Imagination | 2008-03-05 | Edgar Allan Poe | Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) | 978-1-84022-072-8 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
xxv+ 287 |
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 | ||
Tales of Mystery and Imagination | 2009-10-01 | Edgar Allan Poe | Collector's Library | 978-1-904633-13-6 | $9.95?$: US dollar |
455 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
Tales of Mystery & Imagination | 2009-10-05 | Edgar Allan Poe | Bloomsbury (The Bloomsbury Phantastics) | 978-1-4088-0343-1 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
x+ 334 |
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 | Holly Macdonald | |
Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems | 2009-11-29 | Edgar Allan Poe | Castle Books | 978-0-7858-1453-5 |
xiv+ 842 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
Phantasy-Pieces | date unknown | Edgar Allan Poe | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||||
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | date unknown | Edgar Allan Poe | Modern Library (Modern Library Giant) | G40 |
xii+ 1026 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Paul Galdone | ||
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Complete Tales and Poems | date unknown | Edgar Allan Poe | Walter J. Black, Inc. | 760 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll |