Title: The Blue Lenses

Title: The Blue Lenses Title Record # 96870
Author: Daphne du Maurier
Date: 1959-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English

Note: First published in the Ladies Home Journal, May 1959.

Synopsis: A girl who is given blue lenses after eye surgery finds that through them, she sees people in animal forms that reflect their true nature.

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Publications

Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
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 Others	1969-00-00	ed. Terry Carr	Fawcett Gold Medal	R2044	$0.60^?$: US dollar	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	Jerome Podwil
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
The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories	1970-00-00	ed. Mary Danby	Fontana		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).	189	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
The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories	1971-08-00	ed. Mary Danby	Fontana				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
The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories	1972-01-00	ed. Mary Danby	Beagle Books	95199	$0.95^?$: US dollar	189	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
Fantasy: Shapes of Things Unknown	1974-00-00	ed. Edmund J. Farrell, Thomas E. Gage, John Pfordresher, Raymond J. Rodrigues	Scott, Foresman and Company	0-673-03409-7		384	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	Joan Miro
The 5th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories	1974-05-00	ed. Mary Danby	Fontana	0-00-612346-5	£0.30^?£: UK pound	189	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
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
Fantasy: Shapes of Things Unknown	1976-00-00	ed. Edmund J. Farrell, Thomas E. Gage, John Pfordresher, Raymond J. Rodrigues	Scott, Foresman and Company (Fountainhead)	0-673-10225-4		384	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	Joan Miro
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
The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories	1977-09-00	ed. Mary Danby	Fontana	0-00-615062-4	£0.50^?£: UK pound	189	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
Echoes from the Macabre	1978-01-00	Daphne du Maurier	International Collectors Library			325	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
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
The Birds and Other Stories	1980-00-00	Daphne du Maurier	Longman	0-582-22290-7		ix+ 138	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Stories of Fear	1980-11-00	ed. Denys Val Baker	William Kimber	0-7183-0337-7	£5.75^?£: UK pound	237	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Ionicus
Classics of the Macabre	1987-09-00	Daphne du Maurier	Gollancz	0-575-04050-5	£10.95^?£: UK pound	284	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Classics of the Macabre	1987-09-00	Daphne du Maurier	Gollancz	0-575-04191-9	£25.00^?£: UK pound	284	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Michael Foreman
Classics of the Macabre	1987-11-00	Daphne du Maurier	Doubleday	0-385-24302-2	$18.95^?$: US dollar	284	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll

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Reviews

Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 145 - 294)