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Title: The Cosy Room

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Title: The Cosy Room Title Record # 40234
Author: Arthur Machen
Date: 1929-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1961Translated by Peter Naujack
German Das freundliche Zimmer

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Shudders 1929-00-00 ed. Cynthia Asquith Charles Scribner's Sons  
$2.00?$: US dollar
268
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Shudders 1929-00-00 ed. Cynthia Asquith Hutchinson  
7/6?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).
287
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Shudders 1931-00-00 ed. Cynthia Asquith Hutchinson  
3/6?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).
287
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
A Century of Creepy Stories 1934-00-00 ed. uncredited Hutchinson  
3/6?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).
xi+
1178
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Cosy Room and Other Stories 1936-03-00 Arthur Machen Rich & Cowan  
7/6?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).
268
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The World's Great Mystery Stories 1943-01-00 ed. Will Cuppy World Publishing Co.  
$0.49?$: US dollar
321
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Twenty-Two Strange Stories 1945-00-00 ed. John L. Hardie Art & Educational Publishers  
8/6?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).
280
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Holy Terrors 1946-00-00 Arthur Machen Penguin Books 526
1/-?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).
144
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.
coll Checkmark
Panik: Gruselgeschichten aus England und Amerika von R. L. Stevenson bis Ernest Hemingway 1961-00-00 ed. Mary Hottinger Diogenes  
DM 19.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
449+
[3]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Flora  
Die besten klassischen und modernen Gruselgeschichten von Poe bis Hemingway 1968-00-00 ed. Mary Hottinger Diogenes  
DM 12.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
452+
[3]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Flora  
Die besten klassischen und modernen Gruselgeschichten von Poe bis Hemingway 1976-00-00 ed. Mary Hottinger Diogenes (Diogenes Sonderband) 3-257-00902-X   452+
[3]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Flora Checkmark
The First Book of Unknown Tales of Horror 1976-06-00 ed. Peter Haining Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-98318-3
£3.95?£: UK pound
184
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The First Book of Unknown Tales of Horror 1976-10-00 ed. Peter Haining Mews Books 0-452-00042-4
£0.50?£: UK pound
128
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.
anth Tony Masero  
Creepy Stories: A Classic Collection 1994-00-00 ed. uncredited Bracken Books 1-85891-136-2
£5.99?£: UK pound
[vi]+
614
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Image Colour Library  
Ritual and Other Stories (Expanded) 2004-07-31 Arthur Machen Tartarus Press 1-872621-27-9
£35.00?£: UK pound
xiii+
382
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Terror and Other Stories 2005-04-00 Arthur Machen Chaosium (Call of Cthulhu Fiction #6036) 1-56882-175-1
$15.95?$: US dollar
322
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.
coll Harry Fassl Checkmark
Ritual and Other Stories (Expanded) 2006-01-00 Arthur Machen Tartarus Press 1-872621-27-9
£35.00?£: UK pound
xiii+
382
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Cosy Room and Other Stories 2016-02-16 Arthur Machen Tartarus Press 978-1-905784-81-3
£35.00?£: UK pound
xviii+
189
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Mihály Munkacsy  
Holy Terrors 2017-00-00 Arthur Machen Tartarus Press 978-1-905784-99-8
£5.95?£: UK pound
[8]+
70
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.
coll Checkmark
The Terror and Other Stories date unknown Arthur Machen Chaosium (Call of Cthulhu Fiction #6036) 1-56882-175-1
$15.95?$: US dollar
322
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.
coll Harry Fassl Checkmark
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