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Title: The Metronome Title Record # 67885
Author: August Derleth
Date: 1934-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1934 The Metronome [as by August W. Derleth]
Year Language Title
1951Translated by Julio Vacarezza
Spanish El metrónomo

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Terror by Night 1934-00-00 ed. Christine Campbell Thomson Selwyn and Blount  
2/-?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).
252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Weird Tales, February 1935 1935-02-00 ed. Farnsworth Wright Popular Fiction Publishing Co.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
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 M. Brundage Checkmark
Something Near 1945-00-00 August Derleth Arkham House  
$3.00?$: US dollar
274
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ronald Clyne Checkmark
Bar the Doors: Terror Stories 1946-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell (Dell Mapback) 143
$0.25?$: US dollar
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.
anth Gerald Gregg Checkmark
Tales of the Undead: Vampires and Visitants 1947-00-00 ed. Elinore Blaisdell Thomas Y. Crowell  
$3.50?$: US dollar
ix+
372
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Cuentos del más allá 1951-00-00 August Derleth Compañia General Fabril (Centauro #56)     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  
Still Not at Night 1962-00-00 ed. Christine Campbell Thomson Arrow Books 671
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).
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.
anth  
Bar the Doors 1962-01-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell F166
$0.50?$: US dollar
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.
anth Checkmark
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Bar the Doors 1963-02-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 0436
$0.50?$: US dollar
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.
anth  
Bar the Doors 1966-01-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 0436
$0.50?$: US dollar
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.
anth Checkmark
The Little Monsters 1969-00-00 ed. Roger Elwood, Vic Ghidalia Macfadden-Bartell 75-282
$0.75?$: 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 Jack Faragasso Checkmark
Alfred Hitchcock's Bar the Doors 1972-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Mayflower  
£0.30?£: UK pound
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.
anth  
Only by Daylight 1972-00-00 ed. Christine Campbell Thomson Arrow Books 0-09-906770-6
£0.35?£: UK pound
191
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 Checkmark
Alfred Hitchcock's Bar the Doors 1977-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Mayflower 0-583-12080-6
£0.50?£: UK pound
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.
anth Checkmark
Horrors, Horrors, Horrors 1978-00-00 ed. Helen Hoke Franklin Watts 0-531-02211-0
£3.95?£: UK pound
xiii+
177
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bill Prosser  
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories 1993-07-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert A. Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-106-8
$7.98?$: US dollar
xiv+
546
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Eckstein  
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories 1997-00-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert A. Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-921-2
$4.98?$: US dollar
546
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  
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories 2003-10-00 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Sterling Publishing 1-4027-0973-0
$12.95?$: US dollar
546
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 Sleepers and Other Wakeful Things: The Ghost Stories of August Derleth 2009-02-24 August Derleth The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box & Arkham House & The August Derleth Society (The Macabre Quarto #2) 978-1-55246-814-2
C$30.00?C$: Canadian dollar
339
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 Matt Fox Checkmark
The Sleepers and Other Wakeful Things: The Ghost Stories of August Derleth 2009-02-24 August Derleth The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box & Arkham House & The August Derleth Society (The Macabre Quarto #2) 978-1-55246-814-2   339
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Matt Fox Checkmark
Weird Tales, February 1935 2015-04-30 ed. Farnsworth Wright Girasol Collectables  
$35.00?$: US dollar
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
anth M. Brundage Checkmark
Weird Tales (disc 3, part 2) 2019-00-00 ed. uncredited        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth  
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert A. Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-106-8   xiv+
546
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert A. Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-106-8   xiv+
546
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Horrors, Horrors, Horrors date unknown ed. Helen Hoke Franklin Watts 0-531-02211-0   177
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ginger Giles Checkmark
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