Title: De Mortuis
Title Record # 94840
Author: John Collier
Date: 1942-07-18
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: John Collier
Date: 1942-07-18
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: Dr Rankin is laying down cenent in his basement. His friends come by and assume he's buried his wife there. They assure him they will stay silent because they entirely approve of this murder, and start telling him a lot of things he didn't know about her, such as that they both had sex with her. Dr Rankin will have quite a different view of his wife when she returns from her outing...
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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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| The New Yorker, July 18, 1942 | 1942-07-18 | ed. Editors of the New Yorker | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
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| The Touch of Nutmeg and More Unlikely Stories | 1943-00-00 | John Collier | Press of the Readers Club | $2.00?$: US dollar |
viii+ 247 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Green Thoughts and Other Strange Tales | 1945-00-00 | John Collier | Editions for the Armed Services | 871 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
287 | 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 | ||
| Fancies and Goodnights | 1951-11-00 | John Collier | Doubleday | $4.00?$: US dollar |
364 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Margot Tomes |  |
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| Fancies and Goodnights | 1953-04-00 | John Collier | Bantam Books (Bantam Giant) | A1106 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
506 | 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 | Charles Binger | |
| Nacht en ontij | 1956-00-00 | ed. B. Jessurun Lobo | Elsevier (Elsevier Reeks) | 319 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | F. van Uden | |
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| Fancies and Goodnights | 1957-12-00 | John Collier | Bantam Books | F1703 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
375 | 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 | ||
| Pictures in the Fire | 1958-00-00 | John Collier | Hart-Davis | 13/6?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). |
190 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Fancies and Goodnights | 1963-00-00 | John Collier | Bantam Books (Bantam Classic) | SC91 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
418 | 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 | |
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| And Graves Give Up Their Dead | 1964-00-00 | ed. Frederick Pickersgill | Corgi Books | GS1497 | 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). |
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 | ||
| Of Demons and Darkness | 1965-00-00 | John Collier | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers | FS7126 | 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). |
xii+ 303 |
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 | ||
| Fancies and Goodnights (selections) | 1965-00-00 | John Collier | Time-Life Books (Time Reading Program) | $?$: US dollar |
xix+ 328 |
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 | Seymour Chwast | |
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| 22 Horror-Stories | 1966-00-00 | ed. A. D. Krauss, H. W. Mommers | Heyne (Heyne-Anthologien #16) | HA16 | 293 | 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 | Atelier Heinrichs | |
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| Fancies and Goodnights | 1969-00-00 | John Collier | Bantam Books | N4614 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
xii+ 418 |
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 | ||
| De Dame op de Schimmel | 1969-00-00 | John Collier | De Arbeiderspers (Grote ABC #127) | 255 | 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 |
Ferenc Gögös?Ferenc Goegoes
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| Happy Endings | 1974-07-00 | ed. Damon Knight | Bobbs-Merrill Company | 0-672-51879-1 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
x+ 205 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories | 1977-00-00 | ed. Mary Danby | Fontana | 0-00-614272-9 | £0.60?£: UK pound |
192 | 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 | Les Edwards | |
| The Master's Choice | 1979-10-00 | ed. Alfred Hitchcock | Random House | 0-394-50419-4 | $9.95?$: US dollar |
viii+ 358 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Fancies and Goodnights (selections) | 1980-00-00 | John Collier | Time-Life Books (Time Reading Program) | $?$: US dollar |
xix+ 328 |
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 | Seymour Chwast | |
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| Fancies and Goodnights | 1981-03-00 | John Collier | Doubleday / SFBC | 5749 | $5.50?$: US dollar |
396 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Tony Fiyalko | |
| Dead of Night | 1981-05-00 | ed. Peter Haining | William Kimber | 0-7183-0048-3 | £5.75?£: UK pound |
205 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Ionicus | |
| 65 Great Tales of Horror | 1981-09-00 | ed. Mary Danby | Octopus Books | 0-7064-1729-1 | 688 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| 65 Great Tales of Horror | 1982-00-00 | ed. Mary Danby | Octopus Books | 0-7064-1729-1 | 688 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Dead of Night: Horror Stories from Radio, Television and Films | 1984-01-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Stein and Day | 0-812-82848-8 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
203 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Dead of Night | 1986-02-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Stein and Day | 0-812-88246-6 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
203 | 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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| Dead of Night | 1989-08-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Dorset Press | 0-88029-316-0 | 203 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Short Sharp Shocks | 1990-10-00 | ed. Julian Lloyd Webber | Weidenfeld & Nicolson | 0-297-81147-9 | £13.00?£: UK pound |
241 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Jefferson Godwin | |
| Fancies and Goodnights | 2003-05-00 | John Collier | New York Review of Books (NYRB Classics) | 1-59017-051-2 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 418 |
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 | Neo Rauch | |
| Impact: Short Stories for Pleasure | date unknown | ed. Donald L. Stansbury | Prentice-Hall | 0-13-451724-5 |
vi+ 377 |
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 | |