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Title: The Witch-Baiter Title Record # 2002302
Author: Anthony M. Rud
Date: 1927-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A Dutch judge with a history of torturing accused witches until they confess and are executed is abducted by locals who wish him to try yet another woman
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Current Tags: Spanish Netherlands (1), Inquisition (1), judge (1), witchcraft accusations (1), torture (1), executions (1), irony (1), revenge (1), justice (1), twist ending (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1927 The Witch Baiter [as by Robert Anthony (pseudonym)]
1927 The Witch-Baiter [as by R. Anthony]
Year Language Title
2021Translated by Antonella Castello + Federica Marsili.
Italian Il torturatore di streghe [as by R. Anthony]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Weird Tales, December 1927 1927-12-00 ed. Farnsworth Wright Popular Fiction Publishing Co.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
148
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Hugh Rankin Checkmark
By Daylight Only 1929-00-00 ed. Christine Campbell Thomson Selwyn & Blount  
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).
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The "Not at Night" Omnibus 1937-04-00 ed. Christine Campbell Thomson Selwyn and Blount  
2/6?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).
511
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Not at Night 1960-00-00 ed. Christine Campbell Thomson Arrow Books 586
2/6?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).
192
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 Tandem Book of Horror Stories 1965-00-00 ed. Charles Birkin Tandem T49
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).
192
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 Glenn Steward  
The Witch-Baiter 1967-05-00 ed. Charles Birkin Paperback Library 52-468
$0.50?$: US dollar
159
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 Checkmark
The Necromancers: The Best of Black Magic and Witchcraft 1971-02-00 ed. Peter Haining Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-12596-9
£2.25?£: UK pound
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Necromancers: The Best of Black Magic and Witchcraft 1972-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Coronet 0-340-16206-6
£0.35?£: UK pound
255
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 Austin Osman Spare  
The Necromancers: The Best of Black Magic and Witchcraft 1974-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Coronet 0-340-16206-6
£0.40?£: UK pound
254
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 Austin Osman Spare Checkmark
Satanism and Witches 1974-00-00 Dennis Wheatley Sphere (The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult #21) 0-7221-9038-7
£0.45?£: UK pound
190
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.
non-fic Checkmark
100 Wild Little Weird Tales 1994-12-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-557-8
$7.98?$: US dollar
xix+
581
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Kevin McGuinness  
100 Wild Little Weird Tales 1997-00-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0205-5
$4.98?$: US dollar
xix+
581
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 Kevin McGuinness  
100 Wild Little Weird Tales 2005-00-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-557-8
$7.98?$: US dollar
xix+
581
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Igor Satanovsky Checkmark
Weird Tales (disc 2) 2019-00-00 ed. uncredited        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth  
Grimorio 2021-10-20 ed. Antonella Castello, Federica Marsili ABEditore (Ombre e Creature) 978-88-6551-347-7
€15.00?€: Euro
368
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 Marco Calvi  
100 Wild Little Weird Tales date unknown ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-557-8   xix+
581
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Kevin McGuinness Checkmark
By Daylight Only date unknown ed. Christine Campbell Thomson Selwyn & Blount  
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).
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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