Title: Introduction (Creeps by Night: Chills and Thrills)

Title: Introduction (Creeps by Night: Chills and Thrills) Title Record # 1068456
Author: Dashiell Hammett
Date: 1931-00-00
Type: ESSAY
Language: English

Note: The 1931 anthology Creeps by Night: Chills and Thrills contains 21 stories selected (as judge of public nominations; see the collection record) and introduced by Dashiell Hammett. Smaller anthologies containing 18 stories (in 1932) and 10 stories (three in the 1960s) among the 21 were published under different titles, only one matching the original in its fore-title Creeps by Night. The 1931 original introduction may have been revised by Hammett, who lived to 1961, and may have been cut to match the smaller anthologies derived from the original. Please note that in appropriate essay title records if and when it is known.

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Year	Title
1932	Introduction (Modern Tales of Horror)
1961	Introduction (The Red Brain and Other Thrillers)
1965	Introduction (The Red Brain and Other Thrillers)
1968	Introduction (Breakdown and Other Thrillers)

Year	Language	Title
1990	Italian	Introduzione (Vivono di notte. 18 racconti dell'orrore)
2005	Italian	Introduzione (Red Brain)
2016^ⓘTranslated by Natalie Beunat	French	Préface (Terreur dans la nuit)

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Creeps by Night: Chills and Thrills	1931-09-00	ed. Dashiell Hammett	John Day		$2.50^?$: US dollar	525	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Modern Tales of Horror	1932-07-00	ed. Dashiell Hammett	Gollancz		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).	448	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Creeps by Night	1961-00-00	ed. Dashiell Hammett	Belmont Books	230	$0.35^?$: US dollar	141	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Red Brain and Other Thrillers	1961-00-00	ed. Dashiell Hammett	Belmont Books	239	$0.35^?$: US dollar	141	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
The Red Brain and Other Thrillers	1965-09-00	ed. Dashiell Hammett	Four Square Books		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).	159	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
Creeps by Night	1966-02-00	ed. Dashiell Hammett	Four Square Books		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).	141	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	Michael Leonard (I)
Breakdown and Other Thrillers	1968-01-00	ed. Dashiell Hammett	Four Square Books	1784	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).	128	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
Vivono di notte. 18 racconti dell'orrore	1990-09-00	ed. Dashiell Hammett	Mondadori (Omnibus)	88-04-34172-6	Lit 25,000^?Lit: Italian lira	382	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Urania #1497 Supplement	2005-04-00	ed. Giuseppe Lippi	Mondadori	1497 Supplement	€4.10^?€: Euro	298	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.	mag	Franco Brambilla
Terreur dans la nuit : 10 nouvelles horrifiques	2016-03-31	ed. Dashiell Hammett	Fleuve Noir	978-2-265-11577-4	€16.90^?€: Euro	214	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

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