Publication: The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories

Publication: The Second Pan Book of Horror StoriesPublication Record # 451254
Editor: Herbert van Thal
Date: 1969-00-00
ISBN: 0-330-10067-X [978-0-330-10067-0]
Publisher: Pan Books
Price:
5/-^?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: 319
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: Stated publication history: First published 1960 2nd printing 1960 3rd printing 1961 4th printing 1961 5th printing 1962 6th printing 1962 7th printing 1963 8th printing 1964 9th printing 1964 10th printing 1965 11th printing 1966 12th printing 1969 Other prices: Australia: 80c; New Zealand: 75c; South Africa 60c; Canada: $1.25

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • Piecemeal • (1929) • short story by Oscar Cook
19 • The Fly • (1957) • novelette by George Langelaan (trans. of La mouche)
58 • The Vertical Ladder • (1944) • short story by William Sansom
72 • Pollock and the Porroh Man • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
90 • The Inn • (1932) • short story by Guy Preston
107 • The Judge's House • (1891) • short story by Bram Stoker
129 • The Speciality of the House • (1948) • novelette by Stanley Ellin (variant of The Specialty of the House)
152 • The Last Séance • (1926) • short story by Agatha Christie
169 • The Black Creator • (1960) • novelette by Vernon Routh
194 • By One, by Two, and by Three • (1913) • novelette by Adrian Ross [as by Stephen Hall]
234 • Boomerang • (1931) • short story by Oscar Cook
244 • Our Feathered Friends • (1931) • short story by Philip MacDonald
256 • Taboo • (1939) • novelette by Geoffrey Household
281 • The Black Cat • (1843) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
293 • Leiningen Versus the Ants • (1938) • novelette by Carl Stephenson (trans. of Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen 1937)

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