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Title: History of the Young Man With Spectacles

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Title: History of the Young Man With Spectacles Title Record # 912530
Author: Arthur Machen
Date: 1895-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: A self-contained excerpt from The Three Impostors (1895)
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Translations
Year Language Title
2017 Portuguese Um jovem brilhante

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Three Imposters; or, The Transmutations 1895-00-00 Arthur Machen John Lane     290+
14+
16
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Three Imposters; or, The Transmutations 1895-00-00 Arthur Machen Roberts Brothers  
$1.00?$: US dollar
215
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Aubrey Beardsley  
The House of Souls 1906-00-00 Arthur Machen E. Grant Richards  
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).
xiii+
514
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The House of Souls 1906-00-00 Arthur Machen E. Grant Richards     xiii+
513
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
The House of Souls 1923-00-00 Arthur Machen Grant Richards  
7/6?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).
xiii+
513
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Three Impostors 1923-08-00 Arthur Machen Alfred A. Knopf  
$2.50?$: US dollar
xix+
287
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
The Three Impostors 1926-00-00 Arthur Machen Martin Secker  
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).
203
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Three Impostors 1927-00-00 Arthur Machen Alfred A. Knopf  
$2.50?$: US dollar
xix+
287
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
The Three Impostors 1930-00-00 Arthur Machen Alfred A. Knopf     287
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
The House of Souls 1936-00-00 Arthur Machen The Richards Press  
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).
xiii+
513
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Three Impostors 1938-00-00 Arthur Machen Alfred A. Knopf  
$1.00?$: US dollar
306
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.
omni  
The Strange World of Arthur Machen 1960-00-00 Arthur Machen Juniper Press 6
$3.50?$: US dollar
381
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
The Three Impostors 1964-00-00 Arthur Machen John Baker     200
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Black Crusade 1966-00-00 Arthur Machen Corgi GN7392
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).
158
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 Checkmark
The Three Impostors 1972-06-00 Arthur Machen Ballantine Books (Ballantine Adult Fantasy #48) 0-345-02643-8
$1.25?$: US dollar
xiv+
194
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.
omni Robert LoGrippo Checkmark
Dying of Fright: Masterpieces of the Macabre 1976-00-00 ed. Les Daniels Charles Scribner's Sons 0-684-14624-X
$12.95?$: US dollar
x+
271
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lee Brown Coye Checkmark
The Three Impostors and Other Stories 2001-04-00 Arthur Machen Chaosium (Call of Cthulhu Fiction #6030) 1-56882-132-8
$13.95?$: US dollar
xix+
234
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 Harry Fassl Checkmark
The Three Impostors 2010-12-31 Arthur Machen Wildside Press 978-1-4344-2837-0
$14.99?$: US dollar
308
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  
The Three Imposters; or, The Transmutations 2011-03-08 Arthur Machen Project Gutenberg 35517    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Arthur Machen: Masters of the Weird Tale 2012-06-12 Arthur Machen Centipede Press (Masters of the Weird Tale) 978-1-61347-004-6
$450.00?$: US dollar
1020
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Three Impostors 2014-02-10 Arthur Machen Aziloth Books 978-1-909735-38-5
$7.99?$: US dollar
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.
coll  
The Three Imposters 2014-05-02 Arthur Machen Flame Tree 451 (Fantastic Fiction (Flame Tree 451)) 978-1-78361-238-3
£5.99?£: UK pound
192
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  
O mestre do oculto 2017-00-00 Arthur Machen Clock Tower 978-85-66519-06-8   296
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 Fábio Silva  
The Three Impostors and Other Stories date unknown Arthur Machen Chaosium (Call of Cthulhu Fiction #6030) 1-56882-132-8
$14.95?$: US dollar
xix+
234
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 Harry Fassl Checkmark
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