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Title: The Horsehair Trunk

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Title: The Horsehair Trunk Title Record # 546261
Author: Davis Grubb
Date: 1946-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Originally published in Collier's, May 25, 1946. Reprinted in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1956.
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Year Title
1956 The Secret Darkness
Year Language Title
1977 Italian La valigia di canapa

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1956 1956-10-00 ed. Editors of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Mercury Publications  
$0.35?$: US dollar
138
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  
Tales of Love and Horror 1961-00-00 ed. Don Congdon Ballantine Books 522K
$0.35?$: US dollar
144
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 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  
Twelve Tales of Suspense and the Supernatural 1964-00-00 Davis Grubb Charles Scribner's Sons  
$3.95?$: US dollar
175
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
No Such Thing As a Vampire 1964-00-00 ed. Frederick Pickersgill Corgi Books SN7050
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).
126
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  
Twelve Tales of Suspense and the Supernatural 1965-06-00 Davis Grubb Fawcett Crest d814
$0.50?$: US dollar
144
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  
One Foot in the Grave: Twelve Tales of Suspense and the Supernatural 1966-00-00 Davis Grubb Arrow Books 925
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).
186
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  
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  
Horror 24 storie di incubi e paure 1977-04-00 ed. Francesco Franconeri Mondadori (Omnibus) 13994
Lit 6,500?Lit: Italian lira
446
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Karel Thole  
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  
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  
A Treasury of American Horror Stories 1985-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers 0-517-48075-1
$10.00?$: US dollar
xii+
670
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Hector Garrido  
Rod Serling's Night Gallery Reader 1987-12-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carol Serling, Charles G. Waugh Dembner Books 0-934878-93-5
$15.95?$: US dollar
x+
326
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
You Never Believe Me and Other Stories 1989-08-00 Davis Grubb St. Martin's Press 0-312-02997-7
$16.95?$: US dollar
xi+
259
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
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  
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 Checkmark
Twelve Tales of Suspense and the Supernatural date unknown Davis Grubb Fawcett Gold Medal R2534
$0.60?$: US dollar
144
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  
Twelve Tales of Suspense and the Supernatural date unknown Davis Grubb Fawcett Gold Medal R2105
$0.60?$: US dollar
144
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 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  
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