- Publication: 50 Great Horror StoriesPublication Record # 407409
- Editor: John Canning
- Date: 1973-09-00
- Catalog ID: Y2851
- Publisher: Bantam Books
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Price: $1.95?$: US dollar
- Pages: xiv+499+[1]
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Format: 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.
- Type: ANTHOLOGY
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Notes:
- Stated 5th printing.
- Date from 7th printing.
- No printing number line in book.
- Copyright © 1971 by John Canning.
- Souvenir Press edition published in Great Britain October 1971.
- Printed in the United States of America.
- Editor's Note ends with (right side) John Canning (over)(left side) August, 1971.
- Roman pagination taken from ToC which adds two pages by actual count.
Anthology Title:
50 Great Horror Stories • (1969) • anthology by
John Canning
Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)
- xiii • Editor's Note (50 Great Horror Stories) • (1969) • essay by John Canning
- 1 • The Ruff • (1969) • short story by Michael Hardwick and Mollie Hardwick
- 9 • The Werewolf of St-Claude • (1969) • short story by Ronald Seth
- 17 • The Hand of Father Arrowsmith • (1969) • short story by Michael Hardwick and Mollie Hardwick
- 29 • The Man Who Turned into a Cat • (1969) • short story by J. Wentworth Day
- 40 • The Dead Killed Him in His Own Grave • (1969) • short story by J. Wentworth Day
- 50 • The Devil in the Flesh • (1969) • short story by Ronald Seth
- 57 • The Bos'un's Body • (1969) • short story by Michael Hardwick and Mollie Hardwick
- 69 • A Warning to Skeptics • (1969) • short story by Michael Hardwick and Mollie Hardwick
- 85 • Double Damnation • (1969) • short story by Michael Hardwick and Mollie Hardwick
- 95 • The Tongueless Woman of Glamis Castle • (1969) • short story by J. Wentworth Day
- 103 • Trapped in a Flooded Tunnel • (1969) • short story by Geoffrey Williamson
- 110 • The Girl in the Flame-red Dress • (1969) • short story by Ian Fellowes-Gordon
- 121 • With This Ring • (1969) • short story by Michael Hardwick and Mollie Hardwick
- 132 • The Vampire of Croglin • (1969) • short story by Michael Hardwick and Mollie Hardwick
- 139 • Donovan's Drop • (1969) • short story by Ian Fellowes-Gordon
- 149 • The Beaked Horror which Sank a Ship • (1969) • short story by J. Wentworth Day
- 154 • The Dog-Man Horror of the Valley • (1969) • short story by J. Wentworth Day
- 160 • They Ate Their Young Shipmate • (1969) • short story by Geoffrey Williamson
- 170 • The Mate of the Squando • (1969) • short story by Michael Hardwick and Mollie Hardwick
- 180 • Ripe Stilton • (1969) • short story by Michael Hardwick and Mollie Hardwick
- 189 • The Princess of Thebes • (1969) • short story by Michael Hardwick and Mollie Hardwick
- 201 • Death Takes Vengeance • (1969) • short story by Vida Derry
- 211 • A Date with a Spider • (1969) • short story by Vida Derry
- 223 • Ole Rockin' Chair • (1969) • short story by Michael Hardwick and Mollie Hardwick
- 236 • The Frightened Corpse • (1969) • short story by Vida Derry
- 245 • The Vampire of Castle Furstenstein • (1969) • short story by J. Wentworth Day
- 253 • The Great White Bat • (1969) • short story by Frank Usher
- 263 • Let Sleeping Bones Lie • (1969) • short story by Michael Hardwick and Mollie Hardwick
- 270 • Sung to His Death by Dead Men • (1969) • short story by J. Wentworth Day
- 279 • The Man Who Hated Cats • (1969) • short story by Michael Hardwick and Mollie Hardwick
- 285 • Accusing Eyes of Vengeance • (1969) • short story by Geoffrey Williamson
- 295 • The Walking Dead • (1969) • short story by Frank Usher
- 305 • Visit from a Vampire • (1969) • short story by Ronald Seth
- 318 • The Exorcising of the Restless Monk • (1969) • short story by Ronald Seth
- 326 • The Recluse of Kotka Veski • (1969) • short story by Ronald Seth
- 340 • The Secret Agents and the Corpse • (1969) • short story by Ronald Seth
- 352 • The Bath of Acid • (1969) • short story by Frank Usher
- 364 • The Girl in the Train • (1969) • short story by Ian Fellowes-Gordon
- 374 • The Black Dahlia • (1969) • short story by Frank Usher
- 383 • Scent of Death • (1969) • short story by Ronald Seth
- 398 • The Face of Mrs. Cartwright • (1969) • short story by Ian Fellowes-Gordon
- 409 • The Events at Schloss Heidiger • (1969) • short story by Ian Fellowes-Gordon
- 419 • The Birthday Gift • (1969) • short story by Ian Fellowes-Gordon
- 429 • The Attic Room • (1969) • short story by Ian Fellowes-Gordon
- 440 • Footprints in the Dust • (1969) • short story by Ronald Seth
- 446 • Amazonian Horrors • (1969) • short story by Frank Usher
- 455 • The Image of Fear • (1969) • short story by Vida Derry
- 466 • Lullaby for the Dead • (1969) • short story by Michael Hardwick and Mollie Hardwick
- 472 • Rose: A Gothick Tale • (1969) • short story by Michael Hardwick and Mollie Hardwick
- 483 • The Eyes of Thomas Bolter • (1969) • short story by Michael Hardwick and Mollie Hardwick
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