Publication: The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories

Publication: The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost StoriesPublication Record # 39741
Editor: Robert Aickman
Date: 1969-12-00
Catalog ID: 2099
Publisher: Fontana
Price:
4/-^?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: 224
Format:
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.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Notes: • Month and price from The Supernatural Index.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 12277909
- Reginald-1: 00078

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • Introduction (The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) • (1969) • essay by Robert Aickman
11 • The Firmin Child • (1965) • short story by Richard H. Blum
33 • Lord Mount Prospect • (1929) • short story by John Betjeman
45 • The Library Window • (1881) • novelette by Margaret Oliphant [as by Mrs. Oliphant]
87 • The Dancing Partner • (1928) • short story by Jerome K. Jerome
94 • The Swords • (1969) • novelette by Robert Aickman
122 • The Mysterious Stranger • (1854) • novelette by Karl von Wachsmann (trans. of Der Fremde 1844) [as by Anonymous]
161 • A Question of Time • (1967) • short story by Elizabeth Walter
172 • Venus • (1909) • short story by Maurice Baring
182 • Jerry Bundler • (1897) • short story by W. W. Jacobs
190 • The Great Return • (1915) • novelette by Arthur Machen

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Clute/Grant	Verified	Bluesman	2011-10-11 18:23:57
Reginald1	Verified	Mhhutchins	2009-04-08 01:18:37
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2011-08-24 21:56:27