ISFDB banner

Title: The Frontier Guards

You are not logged in. If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed.

Title: The Frontier Guards Title Record # 94242
Author: H. Russell Wakefield
Date: 1929-11-25
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
User Rating: This title has no votes. VOTE
Current Tags: horror (1), fantasy (1), ghosts (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1929 The Frontier Guards [as by H. R. Wakefield]
Year Language Title
1965Translated by Roland Stragliati & Françoise Martenon
French Les gardes-frontière
1968Translated by Aart C. Prins
Dutch De grensbewakers [as by Henry Russell Wakefield]
1974Translated by Monika Hahn
German
Die Grenzwächter?Die Grenzwaechter
1976Translated by C. A. G. van den Broek and/or J. J. van Olffen
Dutch De grensbewakers [as by Henry Russell Wakefield]
1976Translated by Françoise Martenon and Roland Stragliati
French
Les gardes-frontière?Les gardes-frontiere
[as by H. R. Wakefield]

Publications

Displaying all variants and translations • Do not display translationsDo not display variants or translations

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Imagine a Man in a Box 1931-00-00 H. Russell Wakefield D. Appleton & Company  
$2.00?$: US dollar
317
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Imagine a Man in a Box 1931-00-00 H. Russell Wakefield Philip Allan  
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).
317
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Imagine a Man in a Box 1932-00-00 H. Russell Wakefield Philip Allan  
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).
317
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Ghost Stories 1932-00-00 H. R. Wakefield Jonathan Cape (Florin Books #35)  
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).
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Third Series 1934-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
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).
1069
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Third Omnibus of Crime 1935-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Coward-McCann  
$2.50?$: US dollar
808
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Great Book of Thrillers 1935-00-00 ed. H. Douglas Thomson Odhams Press     768
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Ghost Stories 1935-11-00 H. R. Wakefield Jonathan Cape (Florin Books)  
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).
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Third Series 1936-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
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).
1069
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Uncanny Stories 1936-00-00 ed. C. St. John Sprigg Thomas Nelson & Sons (Nelson Classics)  
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).
xii+
397
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Third Series 1949-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
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).
1069
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Histoires de terreur 1965-05-00 ed. Roland Stragliati OPTA (
Fiction Spécial?Fiction Special
#7)
 
F6.00?F: French frank
248
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".
anth  
Best Tales of Terror 2 1965-12-00 ed. Edmund Crispin Faber and Faber  
18/-?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).
224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
De klok slaat twaalf: 13 griezel verhalen 1968-00-00 Henry Russell Wakefield Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1102) 1102
ƒ2.50?ƒ: Dutch guilder
186
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 Dick Bruna Checkmark
Mind at Bay 1969-00-00 ed. Christopher Evans (I) Panther 0-586-02902-8
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).
186
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 John Holmes  
Die Angst hat tausend Namen 1974-04-30 ed. Christopher Evans (I) Pabel (Vampir Taschenbuch #8) VTB08
DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
143
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 Frank Frazetta Checkmark
Kleine griezelomnibus 1 1976-00-00 ed. Aart C. Prins Bruna (Bruna FEH #30) 90-229-3530-2   286
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
De l'autre côté de la porte 1976-02-00 ed. Françoise Martenon, Roland Stragliati Casterman 2-203-22618-8   245
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Palmans  
Ghost Stories 1976-12-00 H. R. Wakefield Arno Press (Supernatural and Occult Fiction) 0-405-08173-1
$16.00?$: US dollar
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Histoires de fantômes 1978-11-03 ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati Presses Pocket (La grande anthologie du fantastique #4) 2-266-00335-6   442
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 C. Broutin Checkmark
Uninvited Guests: Thirteen Unwelcome Visitors 1984-10-00 ed. Peter C. Smith William Kimber 0-7183-0526-4
£7.50?£: UK pound
191
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Tales of Terror 1991-08-00 ed. uncredited Chancellor Press 1-85152-106-2
£2.99?£: UK pound
638
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Imagine a Man in a Box 1997-06-30 H. R. Wakefield Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-26-5
C$49.50?C$: Canadian dollar
xiv+
183
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paul Lowe  
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment 1998-10-00 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0855-X
$7.98?$: US dollar
578
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lucy Corvino Checkmark
The Empty House 2016-11-01 ed. Ruskin Bond Rupa Publications 978-81-291-4239-9
₹195?₹: Indian rupee
160
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 Vartika Sharma  
View all covers for The Frontier Guards (logged in users can change User Preferences to always display covers on this page)
Copyright © 1995-2022 Al von Ruff and the ISFDB team
ISFDB Engine - Version 4.00 (2006-04-24)