Title: The Vampyre: A Tale
Title Record # 94820
Author: Dr. John William Polidori
Date: 1819-03-27
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Lord Ruthven
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Language: English
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Author: Dr. John William Polidori
Date: 1819-03-27
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Lord Ruthven
Webpages: librivox.org, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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- First published April 1819 in The New Monthly Magazine v11 n63, p195-206, under the heading (two lines, large and small caps): The Vampyre. A Tale by Lord Byron. (viewed at HathiTrust, see below)
- The Vampyre was conceived during the same competitive story-telling evening as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and was written by Byron's doctor, John William Polidori (1795-1821). It is the first story about vampires in the English language. --unknown source Byron, Polidori, and their visitors by Lake Geneva told stories "over three days in June" 1816, according to Wikipedia. The April 1819 issue of New Monthly Magazine begins under the heading "Original Communications" with • "Extract of a Letter from Geneva, with Anecdotes of Lord Byron, &c." (pp. 193-95) (viewed at HathiTrust) • "The Vampyre. A Tale by Lord Byron." (pp. 195-206) According to the editor's opening note, the Tale accompanied the letter from Geneva, whose published portion ends (p195) with the report of supernatural story-telling by Byron, his physician, "Miss M. W. Godwin" (Mary Shelley), and others.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| A Feast of Blood | 1967-04-00 | ed. Charles M. Collins | Avon | S277 | $0.60?$: US dollar |
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. |
anth |  |
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| The Midnight People | 1968-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Leslie Frewin | 0-09-090040-5 | 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). |
255 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Vampires at Midnight | 1970-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Grosset & Dunlap | $4.95?$: US dollar |
255 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Jeff Jones | ||
| The Midnight People | 1974-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Ensign Books | 0-7235-5205-3 | £0.30?£: UK pound |
255 | 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 | |
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| The Evil Image: Two Centuries of Gothic Short Fiction and Poetry | 1981-06-00 | ed. Nora Crow Jaffe, Patricia L. Skarda | NAL Meridian | 0-452-00636-8 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
xxix+ 479 |
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 | ||
| Vampires at Midnight | 1993-04-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Warner Books UK | 0-7515-0146-8 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
255 | 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 | ||
| Frankenstein | 2003-01-00 | Mary Shelley | Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-143947-5 | £3.99?£: UK pound |
lxiv+ 273 |
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. |
novel | Nicolai Abildgaard | |
| Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 11 | 2010-11-06 | ed. LibriVox | LibriVox | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
anth | ||||
| Night's Black Agents: An Anthology of Vampire Fiction | 2023-07-12 | ed. Daniel Corrick | Snuggly Books | 978-1-64525-131-6 | £17.99?£: UK pound |
270 | 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 | ||
| A Feast of Blood | date unknown | ed. Charles M. Collins | Avon Books | 0-380-00474-7 / 25460 | $1.25?$: US dollar |
174 | 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 | |
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| The Midnight People | date unknown | ed. Peter Haining | Popular Library | 445-01359-075 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
207 | 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 | Hieronymus Bosch |