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Title: The Waxwork Title Record # 981855
Author: A. M. Burrage
Date: 1931-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: archive.org
Language: English
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Current Tags: horror (1), wax museum (1), terror (1), journalist (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1931 The Waxwork [as by Ex-Private X]
Year Language Title
1959Translated by Max Schuchart
Dutch Het wassenbeeldenspel
1961Translated by Maria von Schweinitz
German Die Wachsfigur
1965Translated by Peter Naujack
German Die Wachsfigur [as by Alfred McLelland Burrage]
1968Translated by Nini Brunt
Dutch 'Mes goed meneer?'
1975Translated by Odette Ferry.
French Figures de cire
1982Translated by Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe
French Figures de cire [as by Alfred McLelland Burrage]
1984Translated by Tilly Schel
Dutch Het Wassenbeeldenmuseum
1992Translated by Александр Боргардт / Alexandr Borgardt.
Russian [as by ]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Someone in the Room 1931-00-00 Ex-Private X Jarrolds  
7/6?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).
285
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series 1931-07-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
8/6?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).
1147
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Second Omnibus of Crime 1932-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Coward-McCann  
$2.50?$: US dollar
855
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series 1932-07-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
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).
1147
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series 1937-01-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
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).
1147
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Tales of Terror 1943-10-00 ed. Boris Karloff World Publishing Co. (A Tower Mystery)  
$0.49?$: US dollar
317
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Short Stories 1948-00-00 ed. Henry Christ, Jerome Shostak Oxford Book Co.  
$2.08?$: US dollar
429
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series 1948-01-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
8/6?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).
1147
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series 1949-02-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1147
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV 1957-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Simon & Schuster  
$3.95?$: US dollar
372
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
13 More Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV 1959-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell D281
$0.35?$: US dollar
224
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  
Verhalen die Hitchcock koos 1959-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Het Spectrum (Prisma #425) 425   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 R. van Giffen  
Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV 1960-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Pan Books (Pan Giant) X71
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).
378
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 S. R. Boldero  
13 More Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on T.V. 1960-10-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell D281
$0.35?$: US dollar
224
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  
Panik: Gruselgeschichten aus England und Amerika von R. L. Stevenson bis Ernest Hemingway 1961-00-00 ed. Mary Hottinger Diogenes  
DM 19.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
449+
[3]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Flora  
Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery 1962-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Random House     vii+
206
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Fred Banbery Checkmark
Englische Gespenstergeschichten 1965-00-00 ed. Mary Hottinger
Fischer Bücherei?Fischer Buecherei
(
Fischer Bücherei?Fischer Buecherei
#666)
666
DM 2.60?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
150
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 Paul Flora  
Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV 1967-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Pan Books M251   378
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 S. R. Boldero  
Between the Minute and the Hour: Stories of the Unseen 1967-00-00 A. M. Burrage Herbert Jenkins  
21/-?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).
221
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery 1968-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Puffin PS319
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).
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 Barry Wilkinson Checkmark
Één minuut voor middernacht 1968-00-00 A. M. Burrage Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1122) 1122
ƒ2.50?ƒ: Dutch guilder
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.
coll Dick Bruna Checkmark
Die besten klassischen und modernen Gruselgeschichten von Poe bis Hemingway 1968-00-00 ed. Mary Hottinger Diogenes  
DM 12.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
452+
[3]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Flora  
Dr. Caligari's Black Book 1968-09-00 ed. Peter Haining W. H. Allen 0-491-00281-5
21/-?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.
anth  
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  
Ten Tales Calculated To Give You Shudders 1972-00-00 ed. Ross R. Olney Golden Press / Western Publishing Company (Whitman Classics) 0-307-01617-X   212
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gordon Johnson Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
Histoires abominables 1975-03-03 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Policier #1108) 2253009955   446
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
Die besten klassischen und modernen Gruselgeschichten von Poe bis Hemingway 1976-00-00 ed. Mary Hottinger Diogenes (Diogenes Sonderband) 3-257-00902-X   452+
[3]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Flora Checkmark
Vincent Price Presents The Price of Fear 1976-00-00 ed. Richard Davis Everest Books 0-905018-10-9
£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 Checkmark
Someone in the Room 1976-12-00 Ex-Private X Arno Press (Supernatural and Occult Fiction) 0-405-08118-9
$16.00?$: US dollar
285
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Haunts! Haunts! Haunts! 1977-00-00 ed. Helen Hoke Franklin Watts 0-531-00098-2   191
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Charles Keeping  
Spectres, Spooks and Shuddery Shades 1977-00-00 ed. Helen Hoke Franklin Watts 0-85166-620-5
£3.50?£: UK pound
191
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Ten Tales Calculated To Give You Shudders 1979-00-00 ed. Ross R. Olney Golden Press / Western Publishing Company 0-307-21617-9
$1.25?$: US dollar
212
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 Hal Frenck  
Histoires abominables 1982-11-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket #1814) 2-266-00771-8   248
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 Jean Claude Jouannet  
Een Spelletje Met de Dood 1984-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Loeb 90-6213-682-6   192
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 Checkmark
Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery 1984-00-00 ed. Robert Arthur Random House 0-394-86762-9
$2.50?$: US dollar
261
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 Robert Adragna  
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories 1984-00-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Penguin Books 0-14-006799-X
£4.95?£: UK pound
607
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 Steve Crisp Checkmark
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories 1985-00-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Viking UK 0-670-81034-7
£10.95?£: UK pound
607
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Ghost Stories 1985-00-00 ed. Betty Ann Schwartz Julian Messner 0-671-60622-0   xiii+
177
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth James Warhola  
Great Ghost Stories 1985-00-00 ed. Betty Ann Schwartz Little Simon 0-671-60179-2
$6.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
177
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth James Warhola  
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories 1987-10-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Penguin Books 0-14-006799-X
£5.95?£: UK pound
607
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  
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  
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories 1991-00-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Bloomsbury 1-870630-94-7
£4.99?£: UK pound
607
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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  
Чёрный нимб и другие истории, исполненные неизъяснимого ужаса?Chornyy nimb i drugiye istorii, ispolnennyye neiz"yasnimogo uzhasa
Chornyy nimb i drugie istorii, ispolnennye neizyasnimogo uzhasa
1992-00-00 ed. , () 5-7740-0515-1   344
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth
В. Ю. Лукаш?V. Yu. Lukash
,
Е. Т. Сердюченко?E. T. Serdyuchenko
 
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 Penguin Book of Horror Stories 1995-10-26 ed. J. A. Cuddon Penguin Audio 0-14-086153-X
£7.99?£: UK pound
 
audio cassette?Cassette tape
anth  
Someone in the Room: Strange Tales Old and New 1997-11-28 A. M. Burrage Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-38-9
C$53.00?C$: Canadian dollar
xiii+
304
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Douglas Walters Checkmark
Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV 2002-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Amereon House  
$3.95?$: US dollar
viii+
302
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (Revised + expanded) 2005-08-00 ed. Peter Haining Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1603-7
$13.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
689
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 Joe Roberts Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (Revised + expanded) 2005-08-00 ed. Peter Haining Robinson 1-84529-185-9
£7.99?£: UK pound
xiv+
689
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 Joe Roberts  
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories 2011-07-19 ed. Peter Haining Robinson 978-1-78033-364-9
£3.98?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
The Waxwork & Other Stories 2013-12-03 A. M. Burrage Burrage Publishing 978-1-78394-500-9
$13.99?$: US dollar
118
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  
Dreamscapes Into Darkness 2015-04-24 ed. Alex Scully Firbolg Publishing  
$5.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Dreamscapes Into Darkness 2015-04-24 ed. Alex Scully Firbolg Publishing 978-1-5076-3774-6
$12.99?$: US dollar
390
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  
Verhalen die Hitchcock koos date unknown ed. Alfred Hitchcock Het Spectrum (Prisma #425) 425   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 R. van Giffen Checkmark
Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery date unknown ed. Alfred Hitchcock Random House 0-394-91226-8   vii+
206
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Fred Banbery Checkmark
Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery date unknown ed. Alfred Hitchcock Random House 0-394-81226-3   vii+
206
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Fred Banbery Checkmark
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