Title: Ringing the Changes
Title Record # 52503
Author: Robert Aickman
Date: 1955-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Author: Robert Aickman
Date: 1955-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Synopsis: A couple vacation at a deteriorating seaside village, on the one day a year when the dead rise.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Third Ghost Book | 1955-00-00 | ed. Lady Cynthia Asquith | James Barrie | 15/-?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). |
x+ 302 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Philip Gough | ||
| The Third Ghost Book | 1957-00-00 | ed. Lady Cynthia Asquith | Pan Books (Great Pan) | GP86 | 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). |
253 | 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 Third Ghost Book | 1960-00-00 | ed. Lady Cynthia Asquith | Pan Books (Great Pan) | GP86 | 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). |
253 | 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 | S. R. Boldero | |
| The Third Ghost Book | 1961-00-00 | ed. Lady Cynthia Asquith | Pan Books (Great Pan) | GP86 | 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). |
253 | 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 | S. R. Boldero |  |
| Best Tales of Terror | 1962-12-00 | ed. Edmund Crispin | Faber and Faber | 16/-?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). |
255 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Felix Kelly | ||
| The Fourth Pan Book of Horror Stories | 1963-00-00 | ed. Herbert van Thal | Pan Books | X261 | 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). |
271 | 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 | W. Francis Phillipps | |
| Dark Entries | 1964-11-00 | Robert Aickman | Collins | 18/-?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). |
173 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Dark Entries | 1965-00-00 | Robert Aickman | Fontana | FB981 | 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). |
173 | 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 | ||
| Best Tales of Terror | 1966-00-00 | ed. Edmund Crispin | Faber and Faber (Faber Paper Covered Editions) | 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). |
255 | 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 Third Ghost Book | 1968-00-00 | ed. Lady Cynthia Asquith | Pan Books | 0-330-02061-7 | 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). |
253 | 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 | ||
| Terror! | 1970-00-00 | ed. Bryan A. Netherwood | Blackie & Son | 0-216-88412-8 | £1.65?£: UK pound |
392 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Selections from The Pan Book of Horror Stories #4 | 1970-11-00 | ed. Herbert van Thal | Berkley Medallion | 0-425-01910-1 / S1910 | $0.75?$: 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 | ||
| The Third Ghost Book | 1970-11-00 | ed. Lady Cynthia Asquith | Beagle Boxer | 95019 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
253 | 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 Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1971 | 1971-05-00 | ed. Edward L. Ferman | Mercury Press, Inc. | $0.60?$: US dollar |
132 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Ronald Walotsky | |
|
| Best Horror Stories 3 | 1972-00-00 | ed. Alex Hamilton | Faber and Faber | 0-571-08969-0 | £2.40?£: UK pound |
236 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Fiction, #262 | 1975-10-00 | ed. Editors of Fiction | OPTA | F8.00?F: French frank |
196 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Philippe Caza | |
|
| 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | 1979-00-00 | ed. Mary Danby | Octopus Books | 0-7064-1387-3 | 704 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Das unsichtbare Auge | 1979-00-00 | ed. Kalju Kirde | Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #22) | 3-518-36977-6 | DM 7.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
258 | 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 | Hans Ulrich Osterwalder , Ute Osterwalder | |
| Painted Devils: Strange Stories | 1979-03-00 | Robert Aickman | Charles Scribner's Sons | 0-684-15999-6 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
234 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Edward Gorey | |
| Painted Devils: Strange Stories | 1979-09-00 | Robert Aickman | Charles Scribner's Sons / SFBC | 2053 | $2.98?$: US dollar |
243 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Edward Gorey | |
| Haunted Shores: Thirteen Tales of the Supernatural and Macabre | 1980-04-00 | ed. Peter C. Smith | William Kimber | 0-7183-0157-9 | £5.25?£: UK pound |
207 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | 1982-00-00 | ed. Mary Danby | Octopus Books / Marks and Spencer | 0-904230-99-6 | 704 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | 1982-00-00 | ed. Mary Danby | Octopus Books | 0-7064-1387-3 | 704 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | 1983-10-00 | ed. Roald Dahl | Jonathan Cape | 0-224-02149-4 | £7.95?£: UK pound |
235 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Sophie Baker , Craig Dodd | |
| Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | 1983-10-00 | ed. Roald Dahl | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 0-374-25131-2 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
235 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | David Christiana | |
| Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | 1984-11-00 | ed. Roald Dahl | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 0-374-51868-8 | $6.95?$: US dollar |
235 | 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 | David Christiana | |
| Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | 1985-00-00 | ed. Roald Dahl | Penguin Books | 0-14-007178-4 | £2.95?£: UK pound |
249 | 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 | Stuart Robertson | |
| Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | 1987-05-00 | ed. Roald Dahl | ISIS Large Print Books | 1-85089-178-8 | £10.75?£: UK pound |
339 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | 1988-00-00 | ed. Roald Dahl | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 0-374-51868-8 | $5.95?$: US dollar |
235 | 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 | David Christiana | |
| Ghosts | 1988-12-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Signet / New American Library | 0-451-15723-0 / AE5723 | $4.50?$: US dollar |
347 | 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 | J. K. Potter | |
| Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | 1989-00-00 | ed. Roald Dahl | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 0-374-51868-8 | $5.95?$: US dollar |
235 | 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 | David Christiana | |
| Ghosts | 1989-10-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Robinson | 1-85487-036-X | £3.99?£: UK pound |
347 | 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 | Peter Jones | |
| Dark Voices: The Best from the Pan Book of Horror Stories | 1990-04-00 | ed. Stephen Jones, Clarence Paget | Pan Books | 0-330-31100-X | £3.99?£: UK pound |
348 | 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 | Dave McKean | |
| Dark Voices: The Best from the Pan Book of Horror Stories | 1990-04-00 | ed. Stephen Jones, Clarence Paget | Pan Books | 0-330-31565-X | £13.95?£: UK pound |
348 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Dave McKean | |
| Great Vampires & Other Horrors | 1992-00-00 | ed. uncredited | Chancellor Press | 1-85152-235-2 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
541 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Theo Platt | |
| Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | 1992-00-00 | ed. Roald Dahl | The Noonday Press | 0-374-51868-8 | $9.00?$: US dollar |
235 | 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 | David Christiana | |
| Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | 1996-09-00 | ed. Roald Dahl | The Noonday Press | 0-374-51868-8 | $12.00?$: US dollar |
235 | 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 | Roxanna Bikadoroff | |
| The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories | 1996-10-00 | ed. Michael Cox | Oxford University Press | 0-19-214260-7 | £17.99?£: UK pound |
xx+ 425 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | David Inshaw | |
| The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories | 1996-10-00 | ed. Michael Cox | Oxford University Press | 0-19-214260-7 | $25.00?$: US dollar |
xix+ 425 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | David Inshaw | |
| Great Ghost Stories | 1997-00-00 | ed. Editors of Reader's Digest | Reader's Digest | 0-276-42330-5 | 528 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Robert Wheeler (artist) | ||
| The Collected Strange Stories, Volume I | 1999-11-00 | Robert Aickman | Tartarus Press | 1-872621-47-3 | £35.00?£: UK pound |
xvi+ 399 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Steven Stapleton | |
| The Collected Strange Stories, Volume I | 2001-00-00 | Robert Aickman | Tartarus Press & Durtro Press | 1-872621-47-3 | £35.00?£: UK pound |
xi+ 398 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Steven Stapleton | |
| Great Vampire Stories | 2002-00-00 | ed. uncredited | Chancellor Press | 0-7537-0570-2 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
538 | 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 | |
|
| Dark Entries | 2011-03-00 | Robert Aickman | Tartarus Press | 978-1-905784-32-5 | £32.50?£: UK pound |
ix+ 197 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Stephen J. Clark | |
| The Century's Best Horror Fiction 1951-2000 | 2012-01-00 | ed. John Pelan | Cemetery Dance Publications | 978-1-58767-172-2 | $75.00?$: US dollar |
866 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Alan M. Clark | |
| Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | 2012-02-02 | ed. Roald Dahl | Penguin Books | 978-0-241-95571-0 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
336 | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
anth | ||
| Dark Entries | 2014-06-05 | Robert Aickman | Faber and Faber | 978-0-571-31177-4 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
xvi+ 238 |
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 | Tim McDonagh | |
| Dunkle Pforten | 2022-11-29 | Robert Aickman | Festa (Festa Weird Fiction #3) | €36.99?€: Euro |
476 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | John Singer Sargent | |
|
| Dark Voices: The Best from the Pan Book of Horror Stories | date unknown | ed. Stephen Jones, Clarence Paget | Pan Books | 0-330-31100-X | £4.99?£: UK pound |
xiv+ 348 |
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 | Dave McKean | |
| Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | date unknown | ed. Roald Dahl | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 978-0-374-51868-4 | $15.00?$: US dollar |
235 | 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 | Roxanna Bikadoroff | |
| The Fourth Pan Book of Horror Stories | date unknown | ed. Herbert van Thal | Pan Books | 0-330-10261-3 | 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). |
271 | 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 Fourth Pan Book of Horror Stories | date unknown | ed. Herbert van Thal | Pan Books | 0-330-10261-3 | £0.30?£: UK pound |
271 | 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 |
Reviews
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction