Title: Bad Company
Title Record # 874409
Author: Walter de la Mare
Date: 1954-04-01
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: pseudopod.org
Language: English
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Author: Walter de la Mare
Date: 1954-04-01
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: pseudopod.org
Language: English
Note: First published in the Listener, 1 April 1954.
Synopsis: The narrator feels compelled to follow an old man into his home where he finds that the old man is dead. He destroys a vicious will that he finds. -- from The Guide to Supernatural Fiction
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Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Beginning and Other Stories | 1955-00-00 | Walter de la Mare | Faber and Faber | 12/6?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). |
256 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| Ghost Stories | 1956-00-00 | Walter de la Mare | The Folio Society | 21/-?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). |
234 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Barnett Freedman |  |
|
| The House of the Nightmare: and Other Eerie Tales | 1967-00-00 | ed. Kathleen Lines | The Bodley Head | 21/-?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). |
208 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Jutta Ash | ||
| The House of the Nightmare: And Other Eerie Tales | 1968-00-00 | ed. Kathleen Lines | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | $3.95?$: US dollar |
xii+ 239 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Jutta Ash | ||
| The House of the Nightmare: and Other Eerie Tales | 1970-12-00 | ed. Kathleen Lines | Penguin Books | 0-14-030456-8 | 204 | 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 | |||
| The House of the Nightmare: and Other Eerie Tales | 1974-00-00 | ed. Kathleen Lines | Heinemann Educational Books (Heinemann New Windmills #185) | 0-435-12185-5 | 208 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
||
| The House of the Nightmare: and Other Eerie Tales | 1975-00-00 | ed. Kathleen Lines | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 0-374-33432-3 | $5.95?$: US dollar |
xii+ 239 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Jutta Ash | |
| Supernatural | 1978-00-00 | ed. James Gibson, Alan Ridout | John Murray (Short Story Series) | 0-7195-3505-0 | £0.85?£: UK pound |
122 | 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 | ||
| Ghost Stories | 1980-00-00 | ed. Deborah Shine | Octopus Books | 0-7064-1158-7 | £1.99?£: UK pound |
349 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| The Eighteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | 1982-00-00 | ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes | Fontana | 0-00-616510-9 | £1.25?£: 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. |
anth | ||
| Lost Souls: A Collection of English Ghost Stories | 1983-00-00 | ed. Jack Sullivan | Ohio University Press | 0-8214-0652-3 | $25.95?$: US dollar |
430 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | George Chastain | |
| The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories | 1986-10-00 | ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert | Oxford University Press | 0-19-214163-5 | £12.95?£: UK pound |
xvii+ 504 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Horror Stories | 1987-00-00 | ed. uncredited | Hamlyn | 0-600-57098-3 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
191 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories | 1987-05-00 | ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert | Oxford University Press | 0-19-214163-5 | $18.95?$: US dollar |
504 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | John Atkinson Grimshaw | |
| The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories | 1989-10-00 | ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert | Oxford University Press | 0-19-282666-2 | £5.95?£: UK pound |
xvii+ 504 |
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 | Atkinson Grimshaw | |
| Tales of Horror and Mystery | 1993-10-00 | ed. uncredited | Dean & Son | 0-603-55222-6 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
378 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories | 1995-10-00 | ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert | Oxford University Press | 0-19-282666-2 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
xvii+ 504 |
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 Atkinson Grimshaw | |
| Short Stories 1927-1956 | 2001-07-00 | Walter de la Mare | Giles de la Mare Publishers | 1-900357-04-6 |
x+ 566 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
||
| Strangers and Pilgrims | 2007-06-11 | Walter de la Mare | Tartarus Press | 978-1-905784-02-8 | £35.00?£: UK pound |
xiii+ 510 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Short Stories 1927-1956 | 2012-07-18 | Walter de la Mare | Giles de la Mare Publishers | 978-1-900357-41-8 | £10.79?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| Pseudopod, #315 | 2013-03-18 | ed. Shawn Garrett | Escape Artists, Inc. | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
mag | |
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| Strangers and Pilgrims | 2022-00-00 | Walter de la Mare | Tartarus Press | 978-1-912586-38-7 | £80.00?£: UK pound |
xiv+ 304, 288 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories | date unknown | ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert | Oxford University Press | 0-19-282666-2 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
504 | 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 Atkinson Grimshaw | |