Title: The Chamois
Title Record # 865498
Author: Daphne du Maurier
Date: 1959-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Author: Daphne du Maurier
Date: 1959-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: First published in the collection The Breaking Point, 1959, and in Ladies' Home Journal, September 1959.
Synopsis: Stephen is obsessed with hunting the elusive chamois; his wife, the narrator of the story, reluctantly accompanies him on a trip into the mountains of Greece. While they are camping out, guided by an unpleasant goatherd, the meaning of the hunt becomes clearer, and their shaky marriage begins to knit back together.
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Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Breaking Point: Eight Stories | 1959-00-00 | Daphne du Maurier | Gollancz | 15/-?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). |
287 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| The Blue Lenses and Other Stories | 1970-00-00 | Daphne du Maurier | Penguin Books | 0-14-003085-9 | 288 | 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 | |||
| Echoes from the Macabre | 1976-00-00 | Daphne du Maurier | Gollancz | 0-575-02181-0 | £4.50?£: UK pound |
348 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Stories of the Macabre | 1976-10-00 | ed. Denys Val Baker | William Kimber | 0-7183-0224-9 | £2.95?£: UK pound |
221 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Ionicus | |
| Echoes from the Macabre | 1977-00-00 | Daphne du Maurier | Doubleday | 0-385-12655-7 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
325 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Echoes from the Macabre | 1978-01-00 | Daphne du Maurier | International Collectors Library | 325 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll |  |
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| Echoes from the Macabre | 1978-04-00 | Daphne du Maurier | Avon | 0-380-01953-1 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
319 | 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 | Norman Adams | |