Publication: Switch on the Light

Publication: Switch on the LightPublication Record # 34007
Editor: Christine Campbell Thomson
Date: 1931-04-00
Publisher: Selwyn & Blount
Price:
2/-^?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).
Pages: 256
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Webpages: archive.org
Notes:
- Title page says "1928". The publication date is well established though, so this is a typo, or a "copy and paste" from an earlier title.
- Verifier1's copy does not have a DJ, hence he cannot verify the book photo, but it agrees with 2 copies on Abebooks (1 from Currey).
External IDs:
- Bleiler Early Years: 2177
- Bleiler Supernatural: 1592
- OCLC/WorldCat: 6125975
- Reginald-1: 14089

Cover art supplied by ISFDB on this Web page

Anthology Title: Switch on the Light • [Not at Night • 6] • (1931) • anthology by Christine Campbell Thomson

Contents (view Concise Listing)

9 • The Curse of Yig • [Cthulhu Mythos (Lovecraft originals)] • (1929) • short story by Zealia Bishop and H. P. Lovecraft [as by Zealia Brown Reed]
32 • Murder by Proxy • (1931) • short story by Richard Stone (I)
48 • Haunted Hands • (1930) • short story by Jack Bradley
68 • The Flame Fiend • (1930) • short story by N. J. O'Neail
80 • Boomerang • (1931) • short story by Oscar Cook
91 • The Tapping • (1931) • short story by J. Dyott Matthews
99 • The Red Fetish • (1930) • short story by Frank Belknap Long [as by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.]
115 • The Pacer • (1930) • short story by August Derleth and Mark Schorer [as by August W. Derleth and Marc R. Schorer]
130 • Flower Valley • short fiction by J. S. Whittaker
141 • The Rats in the Walls • (1924) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft
166 • Suzanne • (1930) • short story by J. Joseph-Renaud [as by J. Joseph Renaud]
182 • The Thought Monster • short story by Amelia Reynolds Long (variant of The Thought-Monster 1930)
197 • The Red Turret • (1931) • short story by Christine Campbell Thomson [as by Flavia Richardson]
208 • Pigmy Island • (1930) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
241 • Bhuillaneadh • short story by Raymond Ferrers Broad [as by R. F. Broad]

Verifier	Date	Type	Last User Activity Date
Chavey	2014-06-12 15:34:59	Permanent	2023-12-02

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Reginald1	Verified	Rtrace	2018-12-15 20:57:46
Tuck	Verified	Mhhutchins	2009-09-07 12:26:24
Bleiler Supernatural	Verified	Rtrace	2018-12-15 20:57:46
Bleiler78	Verified	Rtrace	2018-12-15 20:57:46
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Rtrace	2018-12-15 20:57:46
Bleiler Early Years	Verified	Rtrace	2018-12-15 20:57:46