Title: What Was It? A Mystery Title Record # 62239
Author: Fitz-James O'Brien
Date: 1859-03-00
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Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Harry Escott
Language: English
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Publications

Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Harper's Magazine, March 1859	1859-03-00	ed. Editors of Harper's Magazine	Harper & Brothers				unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	mag
Weird Tales, December 1925	1925-12-00	ed. Farnsworth Wright	Popular Fiction Publishing Co.		$0.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	148	pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Joseph Doolin
A Century of Science Fiction	1962-06-22	ed. Damon Knight	Simon & Schuster		$4.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	352	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	H. Lawrence Hoffman
A Century of Science Fiction	1963-11-00	ed. Damon Knight	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (3))		21/-?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).	352	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
A Century of Science Fiction	1971-04-00	ed. Damon Knight	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4))	0-575-00817-2	£1.60?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	352	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
A Century of Science Fiction	1972-00-00	ed. Damon Knight	BCA - Book Club Associates			352	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Supernatural Tales of Fitz-James O'Brien, Volume One: Macabre Tales	1988-03-00	Fitz-James O'Brien	Doubleday	0-385-24562-9	$12.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxvii+ 158	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Candy Jernigan
The Wondersmith and Others	2008-04-00	Fitz-James O'Brien	Ash-Tree Press	978-1-55310-106-2	C$49.00?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	xxiv+ 272	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jason Zerrillo
A Spectrum Unseen: Invisible Men, Women, and Creatures in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy	2009-00-00	ed. Chad Arment	Coachwhip Publications	978-1-61646-001-3	$14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	414	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
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps	2009-00-00	ed. Peter Straub	The Library of America (The Library of America #196)	978-1-59853-047-6	$35.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xv+ 746	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Andy Kerry , MIchelle Kerry
Dracula's Guest: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories	2010-00-00	ed. Michael Sims	Walker & Co.	978-0-8027-7898-7			ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Adrian Muttitt
Dracula's Guest: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories	2010-06-00	ed. Michael Sims	Walker & Co.	978-0-8027-1971-3	$17.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	467	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	Adrian Muttitt
Dracula's Guest: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories	2010-06-22	ed. Michael Sims	Walker & Co. / SFBC	36-7967	$9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	480	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
Dracula's Guest: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories	2010-10-04	ed. Michael Sims	Bloomsbury	978-1-4088-0825-2	£18.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	467	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Dracula's Guest: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories	2011-10-03	ed. Michael Sims	Bloomsbury	978-1-4088-0996-9	£9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	467	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
Fitz-James O'Brien: Gothic Short Stories	2017-11-25	Fitz-James O'Brien	A Bit O'Irish Press (Gothic Library Editions)	978-0-692-96210-7	$24.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxii+ 490	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	Henry Fuseli
Weird Tales	2019-00-00	ed. uncredited	Pulp Classics on DVD				other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.	anth	Margaret Brundage
Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories	2021-04-13	ed. uncredited	Flame Tree Press (Gothic Fantasy)	978-1-83964-481-8	£20.00?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	432	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Dracula's Guest: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories	date unknown	ed. Michael Sims	Walker & Co.	978-1-61664-570-0		467	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	Adrian Muttitt
Weird Tales, December 1925	date unknown	ed. Farnsworth Wright	Girasol Collectables		$35.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	144	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	Joseph Doolin

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