Title: Mother of Toads
Title Record # 65375
Author: Clark Ashton Smith
Date: 1938-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Averoigne
Language: English
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Author: Clark Ashton Smith
Date: 1938-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Averoigne
Language: English
Note: According to Don D'Ammassa's review, "much of the sexual content, inoffensive as it is by contemporary standards, was not previously included in the text", i.e. before it was published as a standalone chapbook by Necronomicon Press in 1987.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weird Tales, July 1938 | 1938-07-00 | ed. Farnsworth Wright | Popular Fiction Publishing Co. | $0.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
132 | 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 | Virgil Finlay |  |
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| Tales of Science and Sorcery | 1964-11-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Arkham House | $4.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
256 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Frank Utpatel | |
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| Worlds of Weird | 1965-01-00 | ed. Leo Margulies | Pyramid Books | R-1125 | $0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
158 | 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 | Virgil Finlay | |
| De kolos van Ylourgne | 1971-00-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Bruna (Bruna FEH #2) | 90-229-3502-7 | ƒ3.50?ƒ: Dutch guilder. ISO code: NLG in 1810s-1999 |
192 | 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 | Bob van Blommestein | |
| Tales of Science and Sorcery | 1976-00-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Panther | 0-586-04352-7 | £0.60?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
223 | 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 | |
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| Worlds of Weird | 1977-04-00 | ed. Leo Margulies | Pyramid Books | V4471 | $1.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
158 | 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 | Virgil Finlay | |
| Worlds of Weird | 1978-09-00 | ed. Leo Margulies | Jove / HBJ | 0-515-04826-7 / A4826 | $1.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
158 | 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 | Margaret Brundage | |
| De griezeligste verhalen | 1981-00-00 | ed. Erik Lankester | Loeb (Anthologieën) | 90-6213-254-5 | ƒ29.50?ƒ: Dutch guilder. ISO code: NLG in 1810s-1999 |
492 | 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 | Kate Higgins | |
| Il destino di Antarion | 1986-03-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Fanucci Editore (I Miti di Cthulhu #6) | 88-347-0176-3 | Lit 15,000?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
209 | 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 | Boris Vallejo | |
| Mother of Toads | 1987-06-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Necronomicon Press (The Unexpurgated Clark Ashton Smith #1) | $2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
12 | ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications. |
chap | Robert H. Knox | ||
| Mother of Toads | 1988-06-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Necronomicon Press (The Unexpurgated Clark Ashton Smith #1) | 0-940884-08-9 | $2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
15 | ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications. |
chap | Robert H. Knox | |
| Morthylla | 1989-07-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Néo (Fantastique / Science-fiction / Aventures #218-219) | 2-7304-0531-3 | 249 | 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 | Jean-Michel Nicollet | ||
| Mother of Toads | 1993-01-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Necronomicon Press | 0-940884-08-9 | $2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
12 | ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications. |
chap | Robert H. Knox | |
| 100 Creepy Little Creatures | 1994-08-00 | ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg | Barnes & Noble Books | 1-56619-511-X | $7.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xix+ 585 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Kevin McGuinness | |
| 100 Creepy Little Creatures | 1995-07-00 | ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg | Barnes & Noble Books | 1-56619-919-0 | $4.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xx+ 585 |
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 | ||
| phantastisch!, #1 | 2001-01-00 |
ed.
Klaus Bollhöfener?Klaus Bollhoefener |
Verlag Achim Havemann | PHNTSTSCH001 | DM 8.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
56 | A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines |
mag | Thomas Thiemeyer | |
| The Emperor of Dreams | 2002-03-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #26) | 0-575-07373-X | £7.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
592 | 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 | J. K. Potter | |
| The Dark Horse Book of Horror | 2007-09-05 | ed. Scott Allie | Dark Horse Books | 978-1-5067-0372-5 | $19.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
363 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Gary Gianni | |
| The Empire of the Necromancers | 2009-04-20 | Clark Ashton Smith | Wildside Press | 978-1-4344-5861-2 | $4.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
58 | 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 | ||
| The Last Hieroglyph | 2010-00-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Night Shade Books | 978-1-59780-366-3 | $9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Jason Van Hollander | |
|
| The Last Hieroglyph | 2010-11-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Night Shade Books | 978-1-59780-032-7 | $39.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xvi+ 360 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Jason Van Hollander | |
| Weird Tales | 2012-00-00 | ed. uncredited | Pulp Classics on DVD | other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes. |
anth | Hannes Bok | |
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| Gary Gianni's Monster Men and Other Scary Stories | 2012-03-27 | ed. Gary Gianni | Dark Horse Books | 978-1-59582-829-3 | $24.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
168 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Gary Gianni | |
| The Last Hieroglyph | 2013-10-22 | Clark Ashton Smith | Audible Frontiers | digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
coll | Jason Van Hollander | |
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| The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies | 2014-03-25 | Clark Ashton Smith | Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics) | 978-0-14-310738-5 | $16.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xxvii+ 370 |
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 | Clark Ashton Smith | |
| The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies | 2014-03-25 | Clark Ashton Smith | Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics) | 978-0-698-13746-2 | $9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Clark Ashton Smith | ||
| The Golden Age of Weird Fiction Megapack: Volume 6 | 2015-08-20 | Clark Ashton Smith | Wildside Press | 978-1-4794-0703-3 | $0.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| Die Bestie von Averoigne | 2015-10-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Festa (H. P. Lovecrafts Bibliothek des Schreckens #2637) | 978-3-86552-282-5 | €28.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
462 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
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| The Averoigne Chronicles | 2016-10-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Centipede Press | 978-1-61347-166-1 | $175.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
252 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | David Ho | |
| The Last Hieroglyph | 2017-01-10 | Clark Ashton Smith | Night Shade Books (The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith #5) | 978-1-59780-883-5 | $17.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xvi+ 360 |
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 | Jason Van Hollander | |
| Intégrale | 2017-06-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Mnémos?Mnemos |
978-2-35408-582-7 |
464+ 256+ 240 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Zdzislaw Beksinski | ||
| Gary Gianni's Monster Men and Other Scary Stories | 2017-07-00 | ed. Gary Gianni | Dark Horse Books | 978-1-5067-0480-7 | $19.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
164 | 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 | Gary Gianni | |
| HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 3 | 2018-01-14 | ed. uncredited | HorrorBabble | $2.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | ||||
| HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 3 | 2018-01-29 | ed. uncredited | HorrorBabble | $14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
anth | ||||
| Weird Tales (disc 4, part 2) | 2019-00-00 | ed. uncredited | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
anth | ||||||
| Cuentos de Averoigne | 2019-05-31 | Clark Ashton Smith | Pickman's Press (Averoigne) | 978-0-9989389-6-7 | $2.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Jairo Geovanny Veintimilla Andrade | |
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| The Averoigne Archives | 2019-06-06 | Clark Ashton Smith | Pickman's Press | 978-0-9989389-5-0 | $4.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Jairo Geovanny Veintimilla Andrade | ||
| Cuentos de Averoigne | 2019-06-14 | Clark Ashton Smith | Pickman's Press | 978-0-9989389-8-1 | $9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
186 | 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 | Jairo Geovanny Veintimilla Andrade | |
| The Averoigne Archives | 2019-06-14 | Clark Ashton Smith | Pickman's Press | 978-0-9989389-9-8 | $9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
203 | 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 | Manshuri Yusuf | |
| The Averoigne Chronicles | 2021-01-13 | Clark Ashton Smith | Hippocampus Press | 978-1-61498-320-0 | $20.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
252 | 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 | David Ho | |
| The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies | date unknown | Clark Ashton Smith | Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics) | 978-0-14-310738-5 | $18.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xxvii+ 370 |
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 | Clark Ashton Smith | |
| The Last Hieroglyph | date unknown | Clark Ashton Smith | Audible Frontiers | $11.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
coll | Jason Van Hollander | |