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Title: The Man Who Wanted to Be in the Movies

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Title: The Man Who Wanted to Be in the Movies Title Record # 192504
Author: John W. Jakes
Date: 1962-00-00
Variant Title of: The Man Who Wanted to Be in the Movies (by John Jakes) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Dark Mind, Dark Heart 1963-00-00 ed. August Derleth Mayflower-Dell 1655-8
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).
222
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  
Dark Mind, Dark Heart 1966-06-00 ed. August Derleth Mayflower-Dell 1655
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).
222
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 Checkmark
The Hollywood Nightmare: Tales of Fantasy and Horror from the Film World 1970-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Macdonald 0-356-03050-4
£1.75?£: UK pound
276
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Hollywood Nightmare: Tales of Fantasy and Horror from the Film World 1971-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Taplinger  
$5.95?$: US dollar
276
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Lurking Shadows 1979-09-00 ed. Christopher Lee, Michel Parry W. H. Allen 0-491-02289-1
£5.95?£: UK pound
157
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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