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Publication: The Little Giant Book of "True" Ghostly Tales

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  • Publication: The Little Giant Book of "True" Ghostly TalesPublication Record # 388816
  • Editors: C. B. Colby, Ron Edwards, John Macklin, Sharon McCoy, Sheryl Scarborough
  • Date: date unknown
  • ISBN: 1-4027-0369-4 [978-1-4027-0369-0]
  • Publisher: Sterling Publishing
  • Price:
    $6.95?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 351
  • 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:
    • This is the second printing according to number line.
    • Contains eighty stories although the cover states that there are eighty-four.
    • Stories are culled from World's Best True Ghost Stories by C. B. Colby (1990), World's Best Lost Treasure Stories by C. B. Colby (1991), World's Strangest True Ghost Stories by John Macklin (1991), World's Most Mystifying True Ghost Stories by Ron Edwards (1997) and Scary Howl of Fame by Sheryl Scarborough and Sharon McCoy.
    • None of the authors are credited on the stories, either on the table of contents or on the story's title pages. Group credit for the authors is only given on the title page, cover, and copyright page.
    • All art is unsigned and uncredited. Artists are only given a group credit on title page.
    • Is profusly illustrated, with at least one illustration per story.
    • Contains a five page index.
    • This book is an odd 4¼ by 4¼ inche sized trade paperback. It is also printed on heavy (acid-free?) paper, has heavy laminated card stock covers, and has a stitched binding.
    • There are three books with the same title from the same publisher with some of the same authors on Amazon.com.
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Anthology Title: The Little Giant Book of "True" Ghostly Tales • anthology by C. B. Colby and Ron Edwards and John Macklin and Sharon McCoy and Sheryl Scarborough

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