Title: The Return of the Sorcerer
Title Record # 63517
Author: Clark Ashton Smith
Date: 1931-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Cthulhu Mythos
Language: English
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Author: Clark Ashton Smith
Date: 1931-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Cthulhu Mythos
Language: English
User Rating: 8.50 (2 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: Cthulhu Mythos (2), fantasy (2), horror (2), into-tv (1), Night Gallery (1), satanism (1), undead (1), exorcism (1), Necronomicon (1) Add Tags
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, September 1931 | 1931-09-00 | ed. Harry Bates | The Clayton Magazines, Inc. | $0.25?$: US dollar |
148 | 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 | H. W. Wesso | ||
| Out of Space and Time | 1942-08-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Arkham House | $3.00?$: US dollar |
xii+ 370 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Hannes Bok |  |
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| Sleep No More: Twenty Masterpieces of Horror for the Connoisseur | 1944-00-00 | ed. August Derleth | Editions for the Armed Services | R-33 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
x+ 374 |
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 | Lee Brown Coye | |
| Sleep No More: Twenty Masterpieces of Horror for the Connoisseur | 1944-00-00 | ed. August Derleth | Farrar & Rinehart | $2.50?$: US dollar |
x+ 374 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Lee Brown Coye | |
|
| Sleep No More | 1964-12-00 | ed. August Derleth | Panther | 1770 | 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). |
188 | 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 | |
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| Sleep No More | 1965-00-00 | ed. August Derleth | Panther | 1770 | 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). |
188 | 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 | ||
| Stories from Sleep No More | 1967-02-00 | ed. August Derleth | Bantam Books | H3425 | $0.60?$: US dollar |
148 | 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 | ||
| Startling Mystery Stories, Spring 1968 | 1968-00-00 | ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes | Health Knowledge, Inc. | $0.50?$: US dollar |
132 | 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 | Virgil Finlay | |
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| Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos | 1969-00-00 | ed. August Derleth | Arkham House | $7.50?$: US dollar |
xii+ 407 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Lee Brown Coye | |
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| Les miroirs de la peur | 1969-04-00 | ed. Roland Stragliati | Casterman | 330 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Daniel Locus | |||
| Saat aus dem Grabe | 1970-00-00 | C. A. Smith | Insel (Bibliothek des Hauses Usher) | 2704 | DM 14.50?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
217 | 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 | Hans Ulrich Osterwalder , Ute Osterwalder | |
| Out of Space and Time | 1971-00-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Neville Spearman | 0-85435-101-9 | £1.75?£: UK pound |
xii+ 370 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Tom Simmonds | |
| Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 1 | 1971-05-00 | ed. August Derleth | Beagle Books / Ballantine (The Arkham Edition of H. P. Lovecraft #5) | 95080 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 241 |
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 | Victor Valla | |
| Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 1 | 1973-04-00 | ed. August Derleth | Ballantine Books | 0-345-03226-8 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 241 |
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 | John Holmes | |
| Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 1 | 1974-02-00 | ed. August Derleth | Ballantine Books | 0-345-23226-7 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 241 |
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 | John Holmes | |
| Out of Space and Time: Volume II | 1974-03-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Panther | 0-586-04110-9 | £0.35?£: UK pound |
192 | 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 | |
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| The 2nd Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories | 1974-11-00 | ed. Michel Parry | Mayflower | 0-583-12333-3 | £0.40?£: UK pound |
205 | 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 | Les Edwards | |
| De gewelven van Yoh-Vombis | 1975-00-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Bruna (Bruna FEH #23) | 90-229-3523-X | 302 | 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 | Bob van Blommestein | |
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| Légendes du mythe de Cthulhu | 1975-00-00 | ed. August Derleth | Christian Bourgois (Dans l'épouvante) | F50.00?F: French frank |
419 | 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 | |||
| Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 1 | 1975-00-00 | ed. August Derleth | Panther | 0-586-04151-6 | £0.50?£: UK pound |
239 | 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 | Bruce Pennington | |
| Out of Space and Time: Volume II | 1975-00-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Panther | 0-586-04110-9 | £0.40?£: UK pound |
192 | 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 | |
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| Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 1 | 1975-11-00 | ed. August Derleth | Ballantine Books | 0-345-24687-X | $1.50?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 241 |
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 | John Holmes | |
| Légendes du mythe de Cthulhu | 1975-11-12 | ed. August Derleth | France Loisirs | 214 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Benjamin Baltimore | |||
| Acht Teufelseier | 1976-12-07 | ed. Michel Parry | Pabel (Vampir Taschenbuch #42) | VTB42 | DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
145 | 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 | Bruce Pennington | |
| Légendes du mythe de Cthulhu | 1981-02-13 | ed. August Derleth | J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1161) | 2-277-21161-3 | 409 | 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 | Tibor Csernus | |
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| Saat aus dem Grabe | 1982-03-00 | C. A. Smith | Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #68) | 3-518-37265-3 | DM 8.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
249+ [2] |
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 | Thomas Franke | |
| Légendes du mythe de Cthulhu | 1985-01-00 | ed. August Derleth | Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket #2306) | 2-266-01483-8 | 441 | 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 | |||
| Ubbo-Sathla | 1985-11-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Néo (Fantastique / Science-fiction / Aventures #155) | 2-7304-0348-5 | 180 | 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 | Jean-Michel Nicollet | ||
| Rod Serling's Night Gallery Reader | 1987-12-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carol Serling, Charles G. Waugh | Dembner Books | 0-934878-93-5 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
x+ 326 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
|
| Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos | 1988-00-00 | ed. August Derleth | Grafton | 0-586-20344-3 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
508 | 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 | Tim White | |
| L'appel de Cthulhu | 1989-10-00 | ed. August Derleth | Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5347) | 2-266-03170-8 | 253 | 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 | W. Siudmak | ||
| Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos | 1990-00-00 | ed. uncredited | Arkham House | 0-87054-159-5 | $23.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 529 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Jeffrey K. Potter | |
| Rivals of Weird Tales | 1990-05-00 | ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | 0-517-69331-3 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
xx+ 486 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | John Rosato | |
| L'appel de Cthulhu | 1990-07-00 | ed. August Derleth | Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5347) | 2-266-03170-8 | 253 | 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 | W. Siudmak | ||
| Howard Phillips Lovecraft 1 | 1991-09-00 | Howard Phillips Lovecraft | Robert Laffont (Bouquins) | 2-221-05684-1 | F140.00?F: French frank |
xxxvi+ 1174 |
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. |
omni | Philippe Druillet | |
| L'appel de Cthulhu | 1992-12-00 | ed. August Derleth | Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5347) | 2-266-03170-8 | 253 | 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 | W. Siudmak | ||
| L'appel de Cthulhu | 1995-06-00 | ed. August Derleth | Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5347) | 2-266-03170-8 | 253 | 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 | W. Siudmak | ||
| Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos | 1998-10-00 | ed. uncredited | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-42204-X | $12.00?$: US dollar |
xi+ 461 |
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 | John Jude Palencar | |
| L'appel de Cthulhu | 2000-09-00 | ed. August Derleth | Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5347) | 2-266-10811-5 | 253 | 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 | W. Siudmak | ||
| Necropolis | 2001-05-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Festa (H. P. Lovecrafts Bibliothek des Schreckens #2605) | 3-935822-03-0 | DM 32.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
254 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Babbarammdass | |
| The Emperor of Dreams | 2002-03-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #26) | 0-575-07373-X | £7.99?£: UK pound |
592 | 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 | J. K. Potter | |
| Necrophobia: Meister der Angst | 2005-07-00 | ed. Frank Festa | Festa (Festa Horror TB #1507) | 3-86552-009-X | €9.90?€: Euro |
440 | 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 | F. Fiedler | |
| Out of Space and Time | 2006-00-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Bison Books (Bison Frontiers of Imagination) | 0-8032-9352-6 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
xviii+ 370 |
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 | Stasys Eidiejus | |
| The Door to Saturn: Volume Two of the Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith | 2007-06-15 | Clark Ashton Smith | Night Shade Books | 978-1-59780-029-7 | $39.95?$: US dollar |
xv+ 299 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Jason Van Hollander | |
Légendes du mythe de Cthulhu 1?Legendes du mythe de Cthulhu 1 |
2007-11-00 | ed. August Derleth | Presses Pocket | 978-2-266-17393-3 | €5.80?€: Euro |
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. |
anth | Marc Simonetti | |
| The Klarkash-Ton Cycle: Clark Ashton Smith's Cthulhu Mythos Fiction | 2008-06-30 | Clark Ashton Smith | Chaosium (Call of Cthulhu Fiction #6046) | 978-1-56882-160-3 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
x+ 212 |
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 | Stephen Gilberts | |
| The Return of the Sorcerer | 2009-00-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Prime Books | 978-0-8095-5665-6 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
400 | 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 | Peter Bergting | |
| The Return of the Sorcerer | 2009-09-15 | Clark Ashton Smith | Prime Books | 978-1-60701-209-2 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
348 | 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 | Peter Bergting | |
| The Door to Saturn | 2011-02-16 | Clark Ashton Smith | eStar Books | 978-1-61210-200-9 | $0.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack: 40 Modern and Classic Lovecraftian Tales | 2012-04-17 | ed. Colin Azariah-Kribbs, John Gregory Betancourt | Wildside Press (Megapack) | 978-1-4344-4890-3 | $0.99?$: US dollar |
1054 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | |
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| The Return of the Sorcerer | 2012-10-10 | Clark Ashton Smith | Prime Books / SFBC | 978-1-62090-569-2 | $13.99?$: US dollar |
348 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Peter Bergting | |
| Das Labyrinth des Maal Dweb | 2013-11-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Festa (H. P. Lovecrafts Bibliothek des Schreckens #2632) | 978-3-86552-128-6 | €28.00?€: Euro |
411 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
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| The Door to Saturn | 2016-01-19 | Clark Ashton Smith | Night Shade Books | 978-1-59780-837-8 | $17.99?$: US dollar |
xv+ 298 |
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 | Jason Van Hollander | |
| El gabinete de los delirios | 2017-01-00 | ed. uncredited | Valdemar (El Club Diógenes #331) | 978-84-7702-847-5 | 525 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Óscar Sacristán López | ||
| H. P. Lovecrafts Necronomicon | 2018-04-00 | ed. Frank Festa | Festa | 978-3-86552-324-2 | €13.99?€: Euro |
393 | 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 | Bob Eggleton | |
| Além da imaginação e do tempo | 2020-00-00 | Clark Ashton Smith | Clock Tower | 789-823443384-7 | R$59.99?R$: Brazilian real |
284 | 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 | Leander Moura | |
| Der Mythos des Cthulhu | 2020-10-23 | Clark Ashton Smith | Festa | 978-3-86552-857-5 | €16.99?€: Euro |
316 | 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 | Bookcoversart | |
| Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos | date unknown | ed. uncredited | Arkham House | 0-87054-159-5 | $24.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 529 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Jeffrey K. Potter | |
| Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, September 1931 | date unknown | ed. Harry Bates | Pulp Tales Press | $12.95?$: US dollar |
146 | 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 | H. W. Wesso | ||
| The Door to Saturn | date unknown | Clark Ashton Smith | Night Shade Books | 978-1-59780-363-2 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Jason Van Hollander | |
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| The Last Hieroglyph | date unknown | Clark Ashton Smith | Roy A. Squires | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
coll | |||||
| Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos | date unknown | ed. uncredited | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-42204-X | $12.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 461 |
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 | John Jude Palencar | |
| Stories from Sleep No More | date unknown | ed. August Derleth | Bantam Books | H3425 | $0.60?$: US dollar |
148 | 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 | |