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Title: The Keeper of the Key

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Title: The Keeper of the Key Title Record # 63289
Author: August Derleth
Date: 1951-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: The Trail of Cthulhu
Series Number: 4
Language: English
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Current Tags: Cthulhu Mythos (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1951 The Keeper of the Key: Being the Statement of Nayland Colum
1951 The Keeper of the Key: The Statement of Nayland Colum
Year Language Title
1972Translated by Rudolf Hermstein
German Der Bewahrer des Schlüssels oder Der Bericht des Nayland Colum
1974Translated by Gérard G. Lemaire and Claire Lagarde.
French Le gardien de la clé [as by A. Derleth and H. P. Lovecraft]
1975Translated by G. Lemaire, assisted by Claire Lagarde.
French Le gardien de la clé: ou: Le récit de Nayland Colum
1976Translated by Gian Paolo Cossato and Sandro Sandrelli
Italian Il custode della chiave
1985Translated by Maria Teresa Tenore and Daniela Galdo
Italian Il custode della chiave
1992Translated by G. Lemaire.
French Le gardien de la clé

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Weird Tales, May 1951 1951-05-00 ed. D. McIlwraith Weird Tales  
$0.25?$: US dollar
100
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Lee Brown Coye Checkmark
The Trail of Cthulhu 1962-00-00 August Derleth Arkham House  
$4.00?$: US dollar
248
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Richard Taylor (artist) Checkmark
Weird Tales of the Supernatural 1966-00-00 ed. Kurt Singer W. H. Allen  
30/-?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).
352
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Trail of Cthulhu 1971-07-00 August Derleth Beagle Boxer (The Arkham Edition of H. P. Lovecraft #8) 95018
$0.95?$: US dollar
216
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 Victor Valla Checkmark
Auf Cthulhus Spur 1972-00-00 August Derleth Insel (Bibliothek des Hauses Usher)  
DM 14.50?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
236
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Hans Ulrich Osterwalder , Ute Osterwalder Checkmark
The Trail of Cthulhu 1974-00-00 August Derleth Neville Spearman 0-85978-008-2
£1.95?£: UK pound
216
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Stanislaw Fernandes Checkmark
La trace de Cthulhu 1974-01-25 A. Derleth, H. P. Lovecraft France Loisirs     275
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  
Weird Tales of the Supernatural 1975-00-00 ed. Kurt Singer White Lion 0-85617-464-5
£?£: UK pound
352
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
La trace de Cthulhu 1975-10-10 August Derleth J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #622)     252
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 Tibor Csernus Checkmark
The Trail of Cthulhu 1976-00-00 August Derleth Panther 0-586-04138-9
£0.75?£: UK pound
224
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
The Trail of Cthulhu 1976-06-00 August Derleth Ballantine Books 0-345-25017-6
$1.50?$: US dollar
216
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 Murray Tinkelman Checkmark
Galassia #221 1976-11-01 ed. Gianni Montanari Casa Editrice La Tribuna 221
Lit 800?Lit: Italian lira
150
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Bruce Pennington  
L'universo di Cthulhu 1985-03-00 ed. Sebastiano Fusco Fanucci Editore (I Miti di Cthulhu #1)  
Lit 15,000?Lit: Italian lira
208
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.
anth Boris Vallejo  
The Trail of Cthulhu 1988-07-00 August Derleth Grafton 0-586-04138-9
£2.95?£: UK pound
256
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 Tim White  
Howard Phillips Lovecraft 3 1992-03-00 ed. Howard Phillips Lovecraft Robert Laffont (Bouquins) 2-221-06461-5
F150.00?F: French frank
1341
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.
anth Virgil Finlay  
The Trail of Cthulhu 1996-06-00 August Derleth Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0341-5
$4.95?$: US dollar
248
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  
The Cthulhu Mythos 1997-02-00 August Derleth Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0253-5
$9.98?$: US dollar
448
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Leah Lococo Checkmark
In Lovecraft's Shadow: The Cthulhu Mythos Stories of August Derleth 1998-11-00 August Derleth The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box & Mycroft & Moran 1-55246-003-7
$60.00?$: US dollar
xiv+
351
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Stephen Fabian Checkmark
Howard Phillips Lovecraft 3 2016-09-00 ed. Howard Phillips Lovecraft Robert Laffont (Bouquins) 978-2-221-11590-9
€31.00?€: Euro
1341
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.
anth  
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