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Title: Playing with Fire Title Record # 73242
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Date: 1900-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1900 Playing with Fire [as by A. Conan Doyle]
1966 Playing with Fire [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
Year Language Title
1959ⓘTranslated by Pierre Vigneaux
 French Jouer avec le feu [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
1966ⓘTranslated by Rudolf Rocholl
 German Spiel mit dem Feuer [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
1974ⓘTranslated by Leni Lobez.
 German Spiel mit dem Feuer [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
1981ⓘTranslated by Louis Labat.
 French En jouant avec le feu
1987ⓘTranslated by Gianni Pilo and Daniela Galdo
 Italian Giocare col fuoco
1989ⓘTranslated by Pierre Vigneaux
 French Jouer avec le feu [as by Conan Doyle]
1992ⓘTranslated by Sari Kallioinen and/or Anita Puumalainen
 Finnish Ken tulella leikkii [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
2011ⓘTranslated by Sárközi Gergely
 Hungarian Játék a tűzzel

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Strand Magazine, March 1900 1900-03-00 ed. Editors of The Strand Magazine, H. Greenhough Smith George Newnes  
-/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).
 120
octavo?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
 mag  
Round the Fire Stories 1908-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Smith, Elder & Co.  
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).
 382
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Round the Fire Stories 1908-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle The McClure Company     3+
356
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen 1919-00-00 A. Conan Doyle George H. Doran     254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen 1925-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle George H. Doran  
$0.90?$: US dollar
 254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen 1925-00-00 A. Conan Doyle George H. Doran (The Conan Doyle Stories #4)  
$0.90?$: US dollar
 254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1929-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray  
20/-?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).
 xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Ghost Stories, December 1930 1930-12-00 ed. Arthur B. Howland Good Story Magazine 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 Dalton Stevens  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1939-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray     xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1940-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray     xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1945-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray     xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1949-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray  
7/6?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).
 xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1951-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray     xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1956-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray     xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1960-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray     xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Medley Macabre: An Anthology of Stories of the Supernatural, Being Ghosts, Psychical Phenomena, Uncanny Mysteries 1966-00-00 ed. Bryan A. Netherwood Hammond, Hammond and Company  
30/-?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).
 544
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
The Second Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1966-00-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 1227
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).
 252
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 Ring of Thoth: and Other Stories 1968-00-00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray 0-7195-1778-8
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).
 190
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 Magicians: Occult Stories 1972-07-00 ed. Peter Haining Peter Owen 0-7206-0152-5
£3.00?£: UK pound
 220
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Eliphas Levi  
The Second Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1974-00-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 0-00-613248-0   252
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  
Uncanny Tales 3 1975-00-00 ed. Dennis Wheatley Sphere (The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult #37) 0-7221-9039-5
£0.60?£: UK pound
 235+
[5]
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 Magicians: Occult Stories 1975-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Pan Books 0-330-24247-4
£0.60?£: UK pound
 236
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 Alan Lee  
Tales of the Occult 1975-06-00 ed. Barbara H. Wolf, Jack C. Wolf Fawcett Crest X2455
$1.75?$: US dollar
 416
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
Phantasmagoria 1976-12-00 ed. Douglas Menville, R. Reginald Arno Press (Supernatural and Occult Fiction) 0-405-08152-9
$23.00?$: US dollar
 [357]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
The Best Supernatural Tales of Arthur Conan Doyle 1979-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Dover Publications 0-486-23725-7
$6.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
302
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 Lida Moser Checkmark
The Best Supernatural Tales of Arthur Conan Doyle 1979-08-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Dover Publications 0-486-23725-7
$4.00?$: US dollar
 xiv+
302
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 Lida Moser Checkmark
The Supernatural Tales of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1988-04-00 Arthur Conan Doyle W. Foulsham & Co. 0-572-01453-8
£12.95?£: UK pound
 272
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Best Supernatural Tales of Arthur Conan Doyle 1989-06-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Amereon House 0-8488-0752-9
$30.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
302
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Round the Fire Stories 1991-05-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Chronicle Books 0-87701-883-9
$9.95?$: US dollar
 226
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 Alex Laurant  
The Supernatural Tales of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 2000-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Gramercy Books 0-517-16201-6
$8.99?$: US dollar
 272
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories 2000-10-00 ed. Peter Haining Robinson 1-84119-160-4
£6.99?£: UK pound
 576
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 Joe Roberts  
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories 2000-11-00 ed. Peter Haining Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0791-7
$11.95?$: US dollar
 576
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 Simon Marsden Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories 2001-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0791-7
$11.95?$: US dollar
 xii+
576
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 Simon Marsden  
The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories 2004-00-00 ed. uncredited Wordsworth Editions 1-84022-056-2   1149
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
The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction 2004-05-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-068-9
C$60.00?C$: Canadian dollar
 xxxviii+
460
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Paul Lowe  
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (Revised + expanded) 2005-08-00 ed. Peter Haining Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1603-7
$13.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
689
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 Joe Roberts Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (Revised + expanded) 2005-08-00 ed. Peter Haining Robinson 1-84529-185-9
£7.99?£: UK pound
 xiv+
689
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 Joe Roberts  
The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories 2007-09-00 ed. Peter Haining Robinson 1-84529-476-9
£7.99?£: UK pound
 xxi+
582
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 Joe Roberts  
The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories 2007-09-00 ed. Peter Haining Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1960-5
$13.95?$: US dollar
 xxi+
582
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 Joe Roberts Checkmark
Phantasmagoria 2008-08-30 ed. Douglas Menville, Robert Reginald Borgo Press / Wildside Press 978-0-941028-50-9
$19.95?$: US dollar
 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.
 anth  
Phantasmagoria 2008-08-30 ed. Douglas Menville, Robert Reginald Borgo Press / Wildside Press 978-0-941028-49-3
$34.95?$: US dollar
 360
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
The Horror of the Heights & Other Strange Tales 2010-00-00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Fall River Press 978-1-4351-3249-8   x+
334
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Speculative Conan Doyle 2010-00-00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Coachwhip Publications 978-1-61646-024-2   396
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 Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen 2010-06-11 A. Conan Doyle Project Gutenberg 32777
$0.00?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories 2011-07-19 ed. Peter Haining Robinson 978-1-78033-364-9
£3.98?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth  
The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction 2012-02-22 Arthur Conan Doyle Ash-Tree Press 978-1-55310-216-8
$7.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Paul Lowe  
The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction 2012-02-22 Arthur Conan Doyle Ash-Tree Press 978-1-55310-217-5
$7.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Paul Lowe Checkmark
Round the Fire Stories 2015-12-22 Arthur Conan Doyle MysteriousPress.com / Open Road 978-1-4804-5343-2
$0.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Gothic Tales 2016-10-01 Arthur Conan Doyle Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection) 978-0-19-873429-1
£16.99?£: UK pound
 592
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Gothic Tales 2016-10-20 Arthur Conan Doyle Oxford University Press 978-0-19-105363-4
£16.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Round the Fire Stories 2017-02-04 Arthur Conan Doyle Project Gutenberg 54109
$0.00?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Gothic Tales 2018-03-22 Arthur Conan Doyle Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) 978-0-19-873430-7
£9.99?£: UK pound
 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  
The Black Magicians 2018-05-01 ed. The Dark Lords Black Temple Publishing 978-1-64370-093-9   260
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
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