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Title: The Taipan Title Record # 98552
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
Date: 1922-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Best British Short Stories of 1923 1923-00-00 ed. John Cournos, Edward J. O'Brien Small, Maynard & Co.     xix+
333
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Twenty and Three Stories by Twenty and Three Authors 1924-00-00 ed. Ernest Rhys, C. A. Dawson Scott Thornton Butterworth  
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).
367
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Twenty-Three Stories by Twenty and Three Authors 1924-00-00 ed. Ernest Rhys, C. A. Dawson Scott D. Appleton & Company  
$2.50?$: US dollar
350
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Evening Standard Book of Strange Stories 1934-00-00 ed. uncredited Hutchinson  
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).
1024
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
A Century of Thrillers: Second Series 1935-00-00 ed. uncredited Daily Express Publications     896
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Century of Thrillers 1937-00-00 ed. uncredited President Press     viii+
367+
vi+
373+
vi+
370
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Travelers in Time, Strange Tales of Man's Journeyings Into the Past and the Future 1947-07-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Doubleday  
$3.50?$: US dollar
483
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Collected Short Stories: Volume 2 1963-00-00 W. Somerset Maugham Penguin Books 1872
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).
424
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 Checkmark
Oriental Tales of Terror 1971-11-00 ed. J. J. Strating Fontana (Fontana Tales of Terror) 0-00-612790-8
£0.25?£: UK pound
191
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 Thirteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1977-00-00 ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes Fontana 0-00-614900-6
£0.60?£: 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 Alan Lee  
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories 1986-10-00 ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press 0-19-214163-5
£12.95?£: UK pound
xvii+
504
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories 1987-05-00 ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press 0-19-214163-5
$18.95?$: US dollar
504
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories 1989-10-00 ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press 0-19-282666-2
£5.95?£: UK pound
xvii+
504
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 Atkinson Grimshaw  
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories 1995-10-00 ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press 0-19-282666-2
£7.99?£: UK pound
xvii+
504
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 John Atkinson Grimshaw  
Great Ghost Stories 1997-00-00 ed. Editors of Reader's Digest Reader's Digest 0-276-42330-5   527
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert Oxford University Press 0-19-282666-2
£8.99?£: UK pound
504
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 John Atkinson Grimshaw Checkmark
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