Publication: Tales of Terror and Surprise

Publication: Tales of Terror and SurprisePublication Record # 369447
Editor: uncredited
Date: 1942-11-00
Publisher: Mitre Press
Price:
2/-^?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: 127
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
Cover: Tales of Terror and Surprise by Jeff Cook
Notes: • Contents from The Supernatural Index
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 11578841
- Reginald-1: 13981

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Anthology Title: Tales of Terror and Surprise • anthology by uncredited

Contents (view Concise Listing)

3 • "O Death..." • (1942) • short story by Edward Martell
8 • Long-pig • (1939) • short story by Morton Spencer
17 • The Black Cat • (1843) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
27 • Getting Away with It • (1942) • short story by Edward Martell
33 • The Diamond Lens • (1858) • novelette by Fitz-James O'Brien
56 • A Tale of Terror • (1821) • short story by Thomas Hood
59 • A Terribly Strange Bed • (1852) • short story by Wilkie Collins
75 • The Pit and the Pendulum • (1842) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
90 • The Old Man Passes • (1939) • short story by Edward Martell
98 • The Birthmark • (1854) • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (variant of The Birth-Mark 1843)
115 • What Now? • (1942) • short story by Richard Marr
119 • The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe

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