Title: The Quest for Blank Claveringi
Title Record # 98146
Author: Patricia Highsmith
Date: 1967-06-17
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Patricia Highsmith
Date: 1967-06-17
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A zoologist travels to a Pacific island to investigate rumors of an unknown species of giant snails.
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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 Saturday Evening Post, June 17, 1967 | 1967-06-17 | ed. Editors of The Saturday Evening Post | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
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| The Snail-Watcher and Other Stories | 1970-00-00 | Patricia Highsmith | Doubleday | $4.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 177 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Eleven | 1970-07-00 | Patricia Highsmith | William Heinemann | 0-434-33510-X | £1.50?£: UK pound |
208 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| The Sixth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories | 1971-00-00 | ed. Mary Danby | Fontana | 0-00-612686-3 | 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 | ||
| Alfred Hitchcock's Supernatural Tales of Terror and Suspense | 1973-00-00 | ed. Alfred Hitchcock | Random House | 0-394-82676-0 | 172 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth |  |
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| Alfred Hitchcock's Supernatural Tales of Terror and Suspense | 1973-00-00 | ed. Alfred Hitchcock | Random House | 0-394-92676-5 | 172 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Weirdies: A Horrifying Concatenation of the Super-sur-real or Almost or Not-quite Real | 1973-00-00 | ed. Helen Hoke | Franklin Watts | 0-85166-401-6 | £1.95?£: UK pound |
242 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| In Fear and Dread | 1974-00-00 | ed. Arthur J. Arkley | Nelson (UK) (Getaway) | 0-17-432054-X | 92 | 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 | |||
| Is There Life on Earth? | 1975-00-00 | ed. Peter D. Moss | Rigby | 0-85179-995-7 | 116 | 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 | |||
| Weirdies Weirdies Weirdies: A Horrifying Concatenation of the Super-sur-real or Almost or Not-quite Real | 1975-00-00 | ed. Helen Hoke | Franklin Watts | 0-531-02683-3 | $5.95?$: US dollar |
242 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Charles Keeping | |
| The Sixth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories | 1978-00-00 | ed. Mary Danby | Fontana | 0-00-615353-4 | £0.65?£: 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 | John Holmes | |
| Creepy Creatures | 1978-09-00 | ed. Barbara Ireson | Beaver Books | 0-600-32064-2 | £0.65?£: UK pound |
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 | John Raynes | |
| Alfred Hitchcock's Supernatural Tales of Terror and Suspense | 1983-00-00 | ed. Alfred Hitchcock | Bullseye Books / Random House | 0-394-85622-8 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
213 | 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 | Ron DiScenza | |
| Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural | 1985-05-00 | ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye | Doubleday / SFBC | 5144 | $6.98?$: US dollar |
xv+ 623 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Edward Gorey | |
| Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural | 1985-06-00 | ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye | Doubleday | 0-385-18549-9 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
xv+ 623 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Edward Gorey | |
| Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural | 1990-10-00 | ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye | Dorset Press | 0-88029-518-X | $8.95?$: US dollar |
xv+ 623 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Edward Gorey | |
| Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural | 1991-12-00 | ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye | Macdonald | 0-356-20221-6 | £14.95?£: UK pound |
xiii+ 658 |
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 | Ashley Pearce | |
| Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural | 1992-10-00 | ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye | Warner Books UK | 0-7515-0030-5 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
xiii+ 658 |
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 | Ashley Pearce | |
| The New Windmill Book of Stories from Different Genres | 1998-02-00 | ed. Jane Browne, Christine Hall, Mike Hamlin | Heinemann (Heinemann New Windmills) | 0-435-12495-1 |
vi+ 215 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | James Brace | ||
| Der Schneckenforscher | 2002-03-28 | Patricia Highsmith | Diogenes | 3-257-06423-3 | €19.90?€: Euro |
275 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| The New Windmill Book of Stories from Different Genres | 2003-00-00 | ed. Jane Browne, Christine Hall, Mike Hamlin | Heinemann (Heinemann New Windmills) | 0-435-12495-1 |
vi+ 215 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | James Brace | ||
| The Campfire Collection: Ghosts, Beasts, and Things That Go Bump in the Night | 2003-04-00 | ed. Kit Duane | Chronicle Books | 0-8118-3777-7 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
253 | 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 | |
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| The Ghost Box (II) | 2018-09-00 | ed. Patton Oswalt | Hingston & Olsen Publishers (H&O #005) | 978-0-9952988-4-2 | C$45.00?C$: Canadian dollar |
other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes. |
anth | |
Reviews
- Review by Chandler Kaiden (2013) in Deep Cuts , reprinted in:
- Deep Cuts (2013)