Publication: Meet Death at Night: and Other Tales of Terror

Publication: Meet Death at Night: and Other Tales of TerrorPublication Record # 440709
Editor: Alfred Hitchcock
Date: 1967-05-00
Catalog ID: 1869
Publisher: Four Square Books
Price:
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).
Pages: 160
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
Cover: Meet Death at Night: and Other Tales of Terror by Josh Kirby
Notes:
- "Presented by Alfred Hitchcock" on title page (which corresponds to the few lines of presentation before each story). Yet, copyright page informs that the stories have been selected by Peter Haining from previous issues of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.
- Uncredited cover art.
- Other prices : A$0.80; BF50; C$1.25; FF5.60; DM4.00; Lire600; Fl3.50; SF4.00.
- Cover artist from: https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/haining_peter.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 560761491

Cover art supplied by ISFDB on this Web page

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27 • Meet Death at Night • (1963) • short story by C. B. Gilford
39 • Dead Giveway • (1965) • short story by Leo R. Ellis
47 • The Amateur Philologist • [Solar Pons] • (1964) • short story by August Derleth (variant of The Adventure of the Amateur Philologist)
58 • Mirror, Mirror • (1963) • short story by Pauline K. Prilucik
65 • Death, the Black-Eyed Denominator • (1963) • novelette by Ed Lacy
82 • She Loved Funerals • (1964) • short story by Hilda Cushing
88 • Avery's Ghost • (1963) • short story by James M. Gilmore
100 • For Money Received • (1964) • novelette by Fletcher Flora
129 • Drawer 14 • (1965) • short story by Talmage Powell
138 • The 79 Murders of Martha Hill Gibbs • (1963) • novelette by Joseph Csida

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