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Title: The Black Island

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Title: The Black Island Title Record # 63290
Author: August Derleth
Date: 1952-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: The Trail of Cthulhu
Series Number: 5
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1962 The Black Island: Being the Narrative of Horvath Blayne
1996 The Black Island [as by August W. Derleth]
1998 The Black Island: The Narrative of Hovath Blayne
Year Language Title
1972Translated by Rudolf Hermstein
German Die schwarze Insel oder Die Erzählung des Horvath Blayne
1974Translated by Gérard G. Lemaire and Claire Lagarde.
French L'île noire [as by A. Derleth and H. P. Lovecraft]
1975Translated by G. Lemaire & Claire Lagarde
French L'île noire: ou: Le récit d'Horvath Blayne
1985Translated by Maria Teresa Tenore and Daniela Galdo
Italian L'isola nera
1992Translated by G. Lemaire.
French L'île noire
1998Translated by Éric Holweck.
French L'île noire
2001Translated by Domingo Santos.
Spanish La isla negra

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Weird Tales, January 1952 1952-01-00 ed. D. McIlwraith Weird Tales  
$0.25?$: US dollar
100
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 Jon Arfstrom Checkmark
The Trail of Cthulhu 1976-00-00 August Derleth Panther 0-586-04138-9
£0.75?£: UK pound
224
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
The Trail of Cthulhu 1976-06-00 August Derleth Ballantine Books 0-345-25017-6
$1.50?$: US dollar
216
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 Murray Tinkelman Checkmark
The Trail of Cthulhu 1988-07-00 August Derleth Grafton 0-586-04138-9
£2.95?£: UK pound
256
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 Tim White  
The Trail of Cthulhu 1996-06-00 August Derleth Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0341-5
$4.95?$: US dollar
248
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  
The Cthulhu Mythos 1997-02-00 August Derleth Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0253-5
$9.98?$: US dollar
448
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Leah Lococo Checkmark
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