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Title: Novel of the White Powder Title Record # 1039570
Author: Arthur Machen
Date: 1895-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: The brother of the narrator is prescribed a drug by his doctor, but the lot given him has degraded in such a way as to become the same potion given victims at the historical Witches' Sabbaths, resulting in his physical degeneration but inability to stop taking it.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1895 The Novel of the White Powder
1895 The White Powder
Year Language Title
1968ⓘTranslated by Jacques Parsons (amputated of the prologue and the conclusion), first in Le cachet noir, suivi de deux autres histoires surnaturelles, Paris, Flammarion, "L'Age d'Or", 1968.
 French Histoire de la poudre blanche
1969ⓘTranslated by Herbert Preissler
 German
Die Geschichte vom weißen Pulver?Die Geschichte vom weissen Pulver
1970ⓘTranslated by Ruud Löbler
 Dutch Het witte poeder
1978 French Histoire de la poudre blanche
1982ⓘTranslated by Giuseppe Lippi
 Italian La storia della polvere bianca
2017ⓘTranslated by Geraldo Campos
 Portuguese
O pó branco?O po branco

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Three Imposters; or, The Transmutations 1895-00-00 Arthur Machen John Lane     290+
14+
16
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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The Three Imposters; or, The Transmutations 1895-00-00 Arthur Machen Roberts Brothers  
$1.00?$: US dollar
 215
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Aubrey Beardsley  
The House of Souls 1906-00-00 Arthur Machen E. Grant Richards  
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).
 xiii+
514
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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The House of Souls 1906-00-00 Arthur Machen E. Grant Richards     xiii+
513
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni  
The House of Souls 1923-00-00 Arthur Machen Grant Richards  
7/6?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).
 xiii+
513
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Three Impostors 1923-08-00 Arthur Machen Alfred A. Knopf  
$2.50?$: US dollar
 xix+
287
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni  
The Three Impostors 1926-00-00 Arthur Machen Martin Secker  
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).
 203
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Three Impostors 1927-00-00 Arthur Machen Alfred A. Knopf  
$2.50?$: US dollar
 xix+
287
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni  
The Three Impostors 1930-00-00 Arthur Machen Alfred A. Knopf     287
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni  
The House of Souls 1936-00-00 Arthur Machen The Richards Press  
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).
 xiii+
513
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Three Impostors 1938-00-00 Arthur Machen Alfred A. Knopf  
$1.00?$: US dollar
 306
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.
 omni  
The Strange World of Arthur Machen 1960-00-00 Arthur Machen Juniper Press 6
$3.50?$: US dollar
 381
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni  
The Three Impostors 1964-00-00 Arthur Machen John Baker     200
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Black Crusade 1966-00-00 Arthur Machen Corgi GN7392
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).
 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 Checkmark
The Three Impostors 1972-06-00 Arthur Machen Ballantine Books (Ballantine Adult Fantasy #48) 0-345-02643-8
$1.25?$: US dollar
 xiv+
194
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.
 omni Robert LoGrippo Checkmark
Living in Fear: A History of Horror in the Mass Media 1975-00-00 Les Daniels Charles Scribner's Sons 0-684-14342-9
$12.95?$: US dollar
 [8]+
248
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 non-fic David Lunn Checkmark
The Three Impostors and Other Stories 2001-04-00 Arthur Machen Chaosium (Call of Cthulhu Fiction #6030) 1-56882-132-8
$13.95?$: US dollar
 xix+
234
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.
 omni Harry Fassl Checkmark
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: Classic Tales of the Macabre 2006-08-01 ed. Stephen Jones Pegasus Books 978-1-60598-201-4    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Randy Broecker Checkmark
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: Classic Tales of the Macabre 2007-06-25 ed. Stephen Jones Fall River Press 978-0-7607-9123-3   xxvi+
354
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
The Three Impostors 2010-12-31 Arthur Machen Wildside Press 978-1-4344-2837-0
$14.99?$: US dollar
 308
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.
 omni  
The Three Imposters; or, The Transmutations 2011-03-08 Arthur Machen Project Gutenberg 35517    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The White People and Other Weird Stories 2011-09-27 Arthur Machen Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics) 978-1-101-55268-1
$12.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Sam Weber  
The White People and Other Weird Stories 2011-12-01 Arthur Machen Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) 978-0-14-310559-6
£9.99?£: UK pound
 416
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 Sam Weber Checkmark
The Ghost of Fear and Others 2012-01-01 ed. S. T. Joshi Dark Renaissance Books  
$16.95?$: US dollar
  
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Arthur Machen: Masters of the Weird Tale 2012-06-12 Arthur Machen Centipede Press (Masters of the Weird Tale) 978-1-61347-004-6
$450.00?$: US dollar
 1020
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Three Impostors 2014-02-10 Arthur Machen Aziloth Books 978-1-909735-38-5
$7.99?$: US dollar
 122
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 Three Imposters 2014-05-02 Arthur Machen Flame Tree 451 (Fantastic Fiction (Flame Tree 451)) 978-1-78361-238-3
£5.99?£: UK pound
 192
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 Ghost of Fear and Others 2016-11-19 ed. S. T. Joshi Dark Regions Press 978-1-62641-222-4
$20.95?$: US dollar
 372
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  
The White People and Other Weird Stories 2017-01-26 Arthur Machen Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) 978-0-241-30951-3
£5.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The Great God Pan 2018-06-07 Arthur Machen Penguin Books (Penguin English Library) 978-0-241-34112-4
£5.99?£: UK pound
 176
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 Great God Pan 2018-06-07 Arthur Machen Penguin Books (Penguin English Library) 978-0-241-34119-3
$7.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The White People and Other Weird Stories date unknown Arthur Machen Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics) 978-0-14-310559-6
$16.00?$: US dollar
 377
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 Sam Weber Checkmark
The Three Impostors and Other Stories date unknown Arthur Machen Chaosium (Call of Cthulhu Fiction #6030) 1-56882-132-8
$14.95?$: US dollar
 xix+
234
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.
 omni Harry Fassl Checkmark
The White People and Other Weird Stories date unknown Arthur Machen Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics) 978-0-14-310559-6
$18.00?$: US dollar
 377
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 Sam Weber Checkmark
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