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Title: The Ghost-Eater

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Title: The Ghost-Eater Title Record # 85553
Authors: C. M. Eddy, Jr. and H. P. Lovecraft
Date: 1924-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1924 The Ghost-Eater [as by C. M. Eddy]
1924 The Ghost-Eater [as by C. M. Eddy, Jr.]
Year Language Title
1975ⓘTranslated by Jacques Parsons.
 French Le mangeur de spectres [as by C. M. Eddy, Jr.]
2017ⓘTranslated by Usch Kiausch
 German Vom Wolf, der Gespenster fraß [as by C. M. Eddy junior and H. P. Lovecraft]
2020ⓘ Translated by Usch Kiausch Translation first published <A href="https:///isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2270326">in 2017</a> as by C. M. Eddy junior & H. P. Lovecraft
 German Vom Wolf, der Gespenster fraß [as by H. P. Lovecraft]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Weird Tales, April 1924 1924-04-00 ed. Edwin Baird The Rural Publishing Corp.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
 100
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
 mag R. M. Mally  
The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces 1966-00-00 ed. August Derleth Arkham House  
$5.00?$: US dollar
 x+
321
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Frank Utpatel Checkmark
Shapes of the Supernatural 1969-00-00 ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley Doubleday 0-385-04116-0
$5.95?$: US dollar
 371
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Paul Covington Checkmark
The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions 1970-00-00 H. P. Lovecraft Arkham House  
$7.50?$: US dollar
 ix+
383
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Gahan Wilson Checkmark
The Horror in the Museum and Other Tales 1975-00-00 H. P. Lovecraft Panther 0-586-04230-X
£0.50?£: UK pound
 206
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 Fowke Checkmark
The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions 1976-04-00 H. P. Lovecraft Arkham House  
$10.00?$: US dollar
 ix+
383
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Gahan Wilson  
L'horreur dans le musée: Tome I 1977-04-06 H. P. Lovecraft France Loisirs 2-7242-0034-9   286
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Benjamin Baltimore Checkmark
The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions 1989-05-00 H. P. Lovecraft Arkham House 0-87054-040-8
$18.95?$: US dollar
 xiii+
450
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Raymond Bayless Checkmark
The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions 1992-00-00 H. P. Lovecraft Arkham House 0-87054-040-8   xiii+
450
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Raymond Bayless  
L'horreur dans le musée 1993-04-00 H. P. Lovecraft Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5310) 2-266-02355-1   319
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 W. Siudmak  
The Loved Dead and Other Revisions 1997-00-00 H. P. Lovecraft Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0445-4
$4.95?$: US dollar
 243
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 Loved Dead and Other Revisions 1999-00-00 H. P. Lovecraft Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0445-4
$4.95?$: US dollar
 243
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 Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions 2002-00-00 H. P. Lovecraft Arkham House 0-87054-040-8   xiii+
450
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Raymond Bayless  
Weird Tales, April 1924 2003-00-00 ed. Edwin Baird Girasol Collectables  
$35.00?$: US dollar
 96
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 R. M. Mally Checkmark
The Horror in the Museum 2007-09-25 H. P. Lovecraft Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-48572-6
$16.95?$: US dollar
 xxi+
453
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 John Jude Palencar  
The Loved Dead and Other Tales 2008-02-00 C. M. Eddy, Jr. Fenham Publishing 978-0-9701699-2-1
$16.95?$: US dollar
 ix+
257
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 David Moen  
The Horror in the Museum 2009-09-30 H. P. Lovecraft Del Rey / Ballantine 978-0-307-49595-2
$13.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll John Jude Palencar  
Die geliebten Toten 2017-09-28 Howard Phillips Lovecraft Festa (H. P. Lovecrafts Bibliothek des Schreckens #2644) 978-3-86552-570-3
€29.99?€: Euro
 335
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Weird Tales 2019-00-00 ed. uncredited Pulp Classics on DVD      
other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.
 anth Margaret Brundage Checkmark
H. P. Lovecraft: Das Gesamtwerk 2020-10-28 H. P. Lovecraft Festa 978-3-86552-882-7
€69.99?€: Euro
 493, 493, 478, 494, 492, 495
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 Timo Wuerz Checkmark
H. P. Lovecraft: Das Gesamtwerk II 2020-10-28 H. P. Lovecraft Festa     493
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 Timo Wuerz Checkmark
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