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Title: Boy in Darkness Title Record # 44028
Author: Mervyn Peake
Date: 1956-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Series: Gormenghast
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1983Translated by Annette von Charpentier
German Ein Junge im Dunkeln

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Sometime, Never 1956-00-00 ed. William Golding, Mervyn Peake, John Wyndham Eyre & Spottiswoode  
12/6?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).
224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stein Checkmark
Sometime, Never 1957-06-00 ed. William Golding, Mervyn Peake, John Wyndham Ballantine Books 215
$0.35?$: US dollar
vi+
185
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Sometime, Never 1957-06-00 ed. William Golding, Mervyn Peake, John Wyndham Ballantine Books H-215
$2.75?$: US dollar
185
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Richard Powers  
Sometime, Never 1957-09-00 ed. William Golding, Mervyn Peake, John Wyndham Ballantine Books 215
$0.35?$: US dollar
[6]+
185+
[1]
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Sometime, Never 1962-11-00 ed. William Golding, Mervyn Peake, John Wyndham Ballantine Books F657
$0.50?$: US dollar
185
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Sometime, Never 1962-11-00 ed. William Golding, Mervyn Peake, John Wyndham Ballantine Books F657
C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar
185
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Sometime, Never 1967-11-00 ed. William Golding, Mervyn Peake, John Wyndham Ballantine Bal-Hi U2853
$0.50?$: US dollar
185
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
The Inner Landscape 1969-04-00 ed. uncredited Allison & Busby 0-85031-005-9
25/-?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).
151
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Inner Landscape 1970-00-00 ed. uncredited Corgi 0-552-08500-6
£0.25?£: UK pound
190
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 Ian West Checkmark
The Inner Landscape 1971-06-00 ed. uncredited Paperback Library 64-614
$0.75?$: US dollar
160
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 Davis Meltzer Checkmark
The Inner Landscape 1971-06-00 ed. uncredited Paperback Library 64-614
C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar
160
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 Davis Meltzer Checkmark
Sometime, Never 1971-11-00 ed. William Golding, Mervyn Peake, John Wyndham Ballantine Books 0-345-02428-1
$0.95?$: US dollar
[6]+
185
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 Gervasio Gallardo Checkmark
Sometime, Never 1971-11-00 ed. William Golding, Mervyn Peake, John Wyndham Ballantine Books 0-345-02428-1
C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar
[6]+
185
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 Gervasio Gallardo Checkmark
The Inner Landscape 1975-00-00 ed. uncredited Corgi (Corgi SF Collector's Library) 0-552-09748-9
£0.40?£: UK pound
187
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 Joe Petagno Checkmark
Boy in Darkness 1976-00-00 Mervyn Peake Wheaton 0-08-019798-1   61
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.
chap  
Peake's Progress: Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peake 1978-00-00 Maeve Gilmore, Mervyn Peake Allen Lane 0-7139-1147-6
£8.50?£: UK pound
576
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Peake's Progress: Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peake 1981-00-00 Maeve Gilmore, Mervyn Peake Penguin Books 0-14-004629-1
£5.95?£: UK pound
576
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 Mervyn Peake Checkmark
Peake's Progress: Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peake 1981-00-00 Maeve Gilmore, Mervyn Peake The Overlook Press 0-87951-121-4
$25.00?$: US dollar
576
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Mervyn Peake  
Phantastische Literatur 84 1983-12-00 ed. uncredited
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(Phantastische Literatur #72033)
3-404-72033-4
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
346
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 Stephen Fabian Checkmark
Boy in Darkness 1996-00-00 Mervyn Peake Hodder Children's Books 0-340-68323-6
£9.99?£: UK pound
114
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
chap P. J. Lynch Checkmark
Boy in Darkness 1997-04-00 Mervyn Peake Hodder Children's Books (H Signature) 0-340-67822-4
£3.99?£: UK pound
115
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.
chap P. J. Lynch  
Peake's Progress: Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peake 2000-11-02 Maeve Gilmore, Mervyn Peake Penguin Books 0-14-118559-7   576
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 Mervyn Peake  
Boy in Darkness and Other Stories 2008-06-15 Mervyn Peake Peter Owen 978-0-7206-1306-3
£9.95?£: UK pound
145
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  
Peake's Progress 2011-06-00 Maeve Gilmore, Mervyn Peake The British Library 978-0-7123-5834-7
£25.00?£: UK pound
576
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Mervyn Peake Checkmark
Boy In Darkness and Other Stories 2011-07-01 Mervyn Peake Peter Owen 978-0-7206-1389-6
£9.99?£: UK pound
224
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  
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