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Title: The Secret of the Bottle Title Record # 96563
Author: Gerald Kersh
Date: 1957-12-07
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: Kersh received the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 1957 for this short story.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1958 The Oxoxoco Bottle
Year Language Title
1967Translated by P. Groen
Dutch De kruik van Oxoxoco
1967Translated by Odette Ferry.
French Le secret de la bouteille
1977Translated by Peter Naujack.
German Die Oxoxoco-Flasche

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Saturday Evening Post, December 7, 1957 1957-12-07 ed. Editors of The Saturday Evening Post        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Argosy (UK), December 1958 1958-12-00 ed. Editors of Argosy (UK) The Amalgamated Press  
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).
160
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".
mag  
The Ugly Face of Love 1960-03-11 Gerald Kersh William Heinemann  
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).
218
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Fratini  
The Best of Gerald Kersh 1960-08-22 Gerald Kersh William Heinemann     viii+
344
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Best of Gerald Kersh 1960-08-22 Gerald Kersh British Book Service     viii+
343
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Men Without Bones 1962-01-00 Gerald Kersh Paperback Library 52-127
$0.50?$: US dollar
223
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
Stories My Mother Never Told Me 1963-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Random House  
$5.95?$: US dollar
401
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Best of Gerald Kersh 1963-07-22 Gerald Kersh William Heinemann     viii+
343
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories My Mother Never Told Me 1965-03-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 8290
$0.50?$: US dollar
223
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 Fred Banbery  
Stories My Mother Never Told Me, Part I 1966-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Pan Books X581
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).
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 Glenn Steward  
Macabere verhalen 1967-00-00 Gerald Kersh Het Spectrum (Prisma #1286) 1286
ƒ1.90?ƒ: Dutch guilder
152
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 Bert Bouman Checkmark
Verhalen omnibus 1967-00-00 ed. uncredited Het Spectrum     924
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Friso Henstra Checkmark
Histoires à faire peur 1972-10-16 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Policier #2203)     543
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 Checkmark
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Stories My Mother Never Told Me 1976-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 0-440-18290-5
$1.25?$: US dollar
223
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  
Mann ohne Gesicht 1977-00-00 Gerald Kersh Diogenes (detebe #128) 3-257-20366-7
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
329
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  
Histoires à faire peur 1985-09-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche #2203) 2-253-01099-5   250
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 Checkmark
The World, the Flesh, & the Devil: Fantastical Writings Volume 1 2006-11-10 Gerald Kersh Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-092-1
C$52.00?C$: Canadian dollar
xv+
252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jason Van Hollander  
Men Without Bones and Other Haunting Inhabitants 2013-04-07 Gerald Kersh Black Curtain Press 978-1-61720-938-3   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.
coll Checkmark
The Best of Gerald Kersh 2013-10-17 Gerald Kersh Faber and Faber (Faber Finds) 978-0-571-30448-6
£14.00?£: UK pound
viii+
343
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  
The Best of Gerald Kersh 2013-10-17 Gerald Kersh Faber and Faber (Faber Finds) 978-0-571-30449-3
£14.00?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Checkmark
Men Without Bones and Other Haunting Inhabitants 2018-04-03 Gerald Kersh Black Curtain Press 978-1-5154-2673-8
$24.99?$: US dollar
210
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
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