Title: Sardonicus Title Record # 95689
Author: Ray Russell
Date: 1961-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
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Year Language Title 1971ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm German Sardonicus 1983ⓘTranslated by Solveig Rasmussen Swedish Sardonicus 1985ⓘTranslated by Sonja Hauser. German Sardonicus

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Sardonicus and Other Stories	1961-00-00	Ray Russell	Ballantine Books	540	$0.35?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	143	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	Richard Powers (artist)
Playboy, January 1961	1961-01-00	ed. Editors of Playboy					unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	mag
The Fourth Pan Book of Horror Stories	1963-00-00	ed. Herbert van Thal	Pan Books	X261	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).	271	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	W. Francis Phillipps
The Playboy Book of Horror and the Supernatural	1967-00-00	ed. Editors of Playboy	Playboy Press		$5.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	vii+ 391	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Franz Altschuler
Unholy Trinity	1967-02-00	Ray Russell	Bantam Books (Bantam Supernatural Horror)	H3428	$0.60?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	114	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
The Playboy Book of Horror and the Supernatural	1968-00-00	ed. Editors of Playboy	Playboy Press	BA0119	$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	vii+ 391	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	Richard Tyler
The Playboy Book of Horror and the Supernatural	1968-00-00	ed. Editors of Playboy	Souvenir Press		37/6?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).	vii+ 391	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Franz Altschuler
Sagittarius	1971-00-00	Ray Russell	Playboy Press	16131	$0.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	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	Roger Hane
Sardonicus	1971-00-00	Ray Russell	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #880)	880	DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	125	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
Unholy Trinity	1971-00-00	Ray Russell	Sphere	0-7221-7553-1	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).	140	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
Sardonicus	1972-00-00	Ray Russell	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #880)	880	DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	125	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
The Playboy Book of Horror and the Supernatural	1976-09-00	ed. Editors of Playboy	Castle Books		$7.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	vii+ 391	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Mad Scientists	1980-08-00	ed. Stuart David Schiff	Doubleday	0-385-14906-9	$9.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 300+ [1]	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Fennimore
The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural	1981-05-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Priam Books / Arbor House	0-87795-319-8	$8.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	599	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
The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural	1981-05-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Arbor House	0-87795-309-0	$19.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	599	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Antler & Baldwin, Inc.
Sardonicus: tre kortromaner	1983-00-00	Ray Russell	B. Wahlström?B. Wahlstrom B. Wahlstroem ( Kalla Kårar, ryslig midnattsläsning?Kalla Karar, ryslig midnattslasning Kalla Kaarar, ryslig midnattslaesning #77)	91-32-42113-3	skr 12.95?skr: Swedish krona (crown). ISO code: SEK	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	López Espí?Lopez Espi
Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural	1985-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Galahad Books	0-88365-699-X	$19.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	597	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural	1985-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Castle Books	0-89009-964-2	$19.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	597	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Unheimliches	1985-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Heyne ( Heyne Jubiläumsbände?Heyne Jubilaeumsbaende #9)	3-453-37009-0	DM 10.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	732	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	Don Punchatz
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural	1985-05-00	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Doubleday / SFBC	5144	$6.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xv+ 623	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Edward Gorey
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural	1985-06-00	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Doubleday	0-385-18549-9	$15.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xv+ 623	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Edward Gorey
Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Tales of Ray Russell	1985-11-00	Ray Russell	Maclay & Associates	0-940776-20-0	$12.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	187	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Stanley Mossman
13 Short Horror Novels	1987-12-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers (Baker's Dozen)	0-517-63171-7	$8.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ 758	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Unheimliches	1988-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Heyne ( Heyne Jubiläumsbände?Heyne Jubilaeumsbaende #9)	3-453-37009-0	DM 10.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	732	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	Don Punchatz
Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural	1988-06-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Galahad Books	0-88365-699-X	$9.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	597	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural	1990-10-00	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Dorset Press	0-88029-518-X	$8.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xv+ 623	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Edward Gorey
Classic Tales of Horror and the Supernatural	1991-10-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Quill / William Morrow	0-688-10963-2	$15.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	599	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	James Victorie
The Giant Book of Horror Stories	1991-11-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Magpie Books	1-85487-117-X	£3.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	597	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	Les Edwards
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural	1991-12-00	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Macdonald	0-356-20221-6	£14.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xiii+ 658	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	Ashley Pearce
The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales	1992-03-00	ed. Chris Baldick	Oxford University Press	0-19-214194-5	£16.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xxiii+ 533	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	T. C. Gotch
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural	1992-10-00	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Warner Books UK	0-7515-0030-5	£8.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xiii+ 658	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	Ashley Pearce
The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales	1993-07-00	ed. Chris Baldick	Oxford University Press	0-19-283117-8	£7.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xxiii+ 533	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	T. C. Gotch
The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales	1993-08-19	ed. Chris Baldick	Oxford University Press	0-19-283117-8	$13.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxiii+ 533	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	T. C. Gotch
Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural	1994-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Galahad Books	0-88365-699-X	$10.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	597	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales	2001-00-00	ed. Chris Baldick	Oxford University Press	0-19-286219-7	$16.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	533	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	Michael Trevillion
The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales	2009-00-00	ed. Chris Baldick	Oxford University Press	978-0-19-956153-7	£9.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xxiii+ 533	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	Sergey Galushko
Masters of Horror & the Supernatural: The Great Tales	2010-10-16	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Bristol Park Books	978-0-88486-473-8	$14.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	576	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
The Century's Best Horror Fiction 1951-2000	2012-01-00	ed. John Pelan	Cemetery Dance Publications	978-1-58767-172-2	$75.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	866	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Alan M. Clark
Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Stories	2013-09-24	Ray Russell	Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Horror)	978-0-14-312401-6	$22.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxxiv+ 235	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Paul Buckley
Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Stories	2016-09-27	Ray Russell	Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics)	978-0-14-312931-8	$16.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 235	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	Lola Dupré
Sardonicus	2022-01-01	ed. uncredited	BearManor Media		$9.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural	date unknown	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Priam Books / Arbor House / QPBC			599	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
The Fourth Pan Book of Horror Stories	date unknown	ed. Herbert van Thal	Pan Books	0-330-10261-3	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).	271	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 Fourth Pan Book of Horror Stories	date unknown	ed. Herbert van Thal	Pan Books	0-330-10261-3	£0.30?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	271	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
Unholy Trinity	date unknown	Ray Russell	Bantam Books	H3428	$0.60?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ 114	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

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