Publication: Best Tales of Terror

Publication: Best Tales of TerrorPublication Record # 367486
Editor: Edmund Crispin
Date: 1966-00-00
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Pub. Series: Faber Paper Covered Editions
Price:
6/6^?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).
Pages: 255
Format:
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.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Notes: • Price from Tuck
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 466176

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Anthology Title: Best Tales of Terror • (1962) • anthology by Edmund Crispin

Contents (view Concise Listing)

9 • Introduction (Best Tales of Terror) • (1962) • essay by Edmund Crispin
15 • The Emissary • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury
24 • The Man Who Liked Dickens • non-genre • (1933) • short story by Evelyn Waugh
41 • A Summons • (1924) • short story by L. P. Hartley
45 • The Mine • (1942) • short story by L. T. C. Rolt
52 • Bird of Prey • (1941) • short story by John Collier
61 • Royal Jelly • (1959) • novelette by Roald Dahl
91 • Ringing the Changes • (1955) • novelette by Robert Aickman
124 • Mr. Meldrum's Mania • (1931) • novelette by John Metcalfe
158 • Three Miles Up • (1951) • short story by Elizabeth Jane Howard
179 • Manhole 69 • (1957) • short story by J. G. Ballard
205 • The Misogynist • (1952) • short story by James E. Gunn
216 • The Next in Line • (1947) • novelette by Ray Bradbury

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