Title: The Erlking

Title: The Erlking Title Record # 78552
Author: Angela Carter
Date: 1977-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: Originally published in Bananas, #9, Winter 1977. Revised in 1979 for The Bloody Chamber. All reprints are of the revised version.

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Year	Title
1994	The Erl-King

Year	Language	Title
1982^ⓘTranslated by Sybil Gräfin Schönfeldt	German	Der Erlkönig
1985^ⓘTranslated by Nicky de Swaan	Dutch	De Elfenkoning
1991^ⓘTranslated by Maria Adélia Silva Melo	Portuguese	O rei dos Álamos

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories	1979-05-24	Angela Carter	Gollancz (Gollancz Fantasy)	0-575-02584-0	£4.95^?£: UK pound	157	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Malcolm Ashman
The Bloody Chamber	1980-02-00	Angela Carter	Harper & Row	0-06-010708-1	$8.95^?$: US dollar	164	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Christine Bassery
The Bloody Chamber	1981-00-00	Angela Carter	Harper Colophon		$3.95^?$: US dollar	164	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
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories	1981-00-00	Angela Carter	Penguin Books (King Penguin)	0-14-005404-9		125	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	James Marsh
Blaubarts Zimmer: Märchen aus der Zwischenwelt	1982-00-00	Angela Carter	Rowohlt	3-498-00858-7	DM 29.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	202	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
In Gezelschap van Wolven	1985-00-00	Angela Carter	Contact	90-254-6537-4		183	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	Piet Eggen
Faery!	1985-01-00	ed. Terri Windling	Ace Books	0-441-22564-0	$2.95^?$: US dollar	308	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	Dawn Wilson
The Bloody Chamber	1987-12-00	Angela Carter	Penguin Books (US) (King Penguin)	0-14-005404-9	$5.95^?$: US dollar	126	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	James Marsh
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories	1989-08-00	Angela Carter	Gollancz	0-575-02584-0	£12.95^?£: UK pound	157	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
O quarto dos horrores	1991-00-00	Angela Carter	Caminho ( Caminho ficção científica^?Caminho ficcao cientifica #129)	972-21-0577-9		188	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	Henrique Cayatte
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories	1994-01-00	ed. Tom Shippey	Oxford University Press	0-19-214216-X	£17.95^?£: UK pound	xxii+ 499	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Pete Lyon
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories	1994-03-00	ed. Tom Shippey	Oxford University Press, USA	0-19-214216-X	$25.00^?$: US dollar	xxii+ 499	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Pete Lyon
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories	1995-00-00	ed. Tom Shippey	Oxford University Press	0-19-282398-1	£7.99^?£: UK pound	499	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	Pete Lyon
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories	1995-07-00	Angela Carter	Vintage (UK)	0-09-958811-0	£5.99^?£: UK pound	125	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	Dominic Davies
Burning Your Boats: Collected Short Stories	1995-07-00	Angela Carter	Chatto & Windus	0-7011-6321-6	£20.00^?£: UK pound	xiv+ 462	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Angela Carter
Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories	1996-04-00	Angela Carter	Henry Holt	0-8050-4462-0	$30.00^?$: US dollar	462	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	John Westmark
Burning Your Boats: Collected Stories	1996-07-00	Angela Carter	Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics)	0-09-959291-6	£8.99^?£: UK pound	xiv+ 462	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	Parra
Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories	1997-08-00	Angela Carter	Penguin Books (US)	0-14-025528-1	$14.95^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 462	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	Roxanna Bikadoroff
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories	2003-00-00	ed. Tom Shippey	Oxford University Press	0-19-282398-1	£9.99^?£: UK pound	xxii+ 499	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
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories	2003-04-17	ed. Tom Shippey	Oxford University Press	0-19-280382-4	£9.99^?£: UK pound	xxii+ 499	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
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories	2012-02-02	Angela Carter	Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics)	978-0-09-958811-5	£7.99^?£: UK pound	xix+ 149	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
The Bloody Chamber	2014-10-02	Angela Carter	Vintage (UK) (Vintage Magic)	978-0-09-959388-1	£5.99^?£: UK pound	176	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 Bloody Chamber	2015-05-26	Angela Carter	Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)	978-0-14-310761-3	$16.00^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 162	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	Alex Konahin
The Bloody Chamber	2016-09-15	Angela Carter	Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics)	978-1-78487-143-7	£12.99^?£: UK pound	240	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Big Book of Modern Fantasy	2020-07-21	ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer	Vintage Books	978-0-525-56386-0	$25.00^?$: US dollar	xviii+ 876	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	Leonora Carrington
The Big Book of Modern Fantasy	2020-07-21	ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer	Vintage Books	978-0-525-56387-7	$12.99^?$: US dollar	896	ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Leonora Carrington
Burning Your Boats: Collected Stories	date unknown	Angela Carter	Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics)	0-09-959291-6	£9.99^?£: UK pound	xvi+ 552	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	Parra

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