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Title: The Extraordinarily Horrible Dummy

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Title: The Extraordinarily Horrible Dummy Title Record # 76246
Author: Gerald Kersh
Date: 1939-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Busto's Boarding House
Language: English
Note: First published in Penguin Parade #6, ed. Denys Kilham Roberts, Penguin, 1939.
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1946 The Whisper
Year Language Title
1966Translated by Manuel van Loggem
Dutch De verschrikkelijke buiksprekerspop
1980Translated by M. van Loggem
Dutch Sssst!

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Selected Stories 1943-03-00 Gerald Kersh Staples and Staples (Modern Reading Library #2)  
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).
 
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
coll  
The Battle of the Singing Men and Selected Stories 1944-03-00 Gerald Kersh Staples and Staples  
1/6?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).
 
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
coll  
The Horrible Dummy and Other Stories 1944-10-00 Gerald Kersh William Heinemann  
8/6?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).
166
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Argosy (UK), June 1945 1945-06-00 ed. Editors of Argosy (UK) The Amalgamated Press  
1/3?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).
112
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Cosmopolitan, April 1946 1946-04-00 ed. Editors of Cosmopolitan        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
On an Odd Note 1958-00-00 Gerald Kersh Ballantine Books 268
$0.35?$: US dollar
154
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
On an Odd Note 1958-00-00 Gerald Kersh Ballantine Books 268
C$0.35?C$: Canadian dollar
154
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
De verschrikkelijke buiksprekerspop 1966-00-00 ed. Manuel van Loggem Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1008) 1008
ƒ2.00?ƒ: Dutch guilder
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 Dick Bruna Checkmark
Uncanny 1974-00-00 ed. Bryan A. Netherwood Blackie & Son 0-216-89725-4
£2.50?£: UK pound
x+
306
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Van Edgar Allan Poe tot Roald Dahl: De vijftig beste griezel-verhalen 1980-00-00 ed. Erik Lankester Publiboek / Baart 90-6513-012-8   514
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Kate Higgins Checkmark
Doubles, Dummies and Dolls: 21 Terror Tales of Replication 1995-11-00 ed. Leonard Wolf Newmarket Press 1-55704-245-4
$16.00?$: US dollar
xiv+
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.
anth Checkmark
Ghost Movies: Famous Supernatural Films 1995-11-00 ed. Peter Haining Severn House 0-7278-4853-4
£15.99?£: UK pound
264
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Derek Colligan  
Classics of the Supernatural 1998-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Pan Books 0-330-37415-X
£5.99?£: 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.
anth  
The New Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories 1999-10-00 ed. Dennis Pepper Oxford University Press 0-19-278154-5
£12.99?£: UK pound
viii+
216
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Herborg Pedersen Checkmark
The Horrible Dummy and Other Stories 2013-10-17 Gerald Kersh Faber and Faber (Faber Finds) 978-0-571-30450-9
£10.00?£: UK pound
166
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 Checkmark
On an Odd Note 2014-11-04 Gerald Kersh Valancourt Books (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) 978-1-939140-09-8
$14.99?$: US dollar
x+
127
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 Lorenzo Princi  
On an Odd Note 2015-01-08 Gerald Kersh Valancourt Books (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)  
$4.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Lorenzo Princi Checkmark
The New Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Dennis Pepper Oxford University Press 978-0-19-278154-3
£12.99?£: UK pound
viii+
212
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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