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Title: The Bully of Brocas Court Title Record # 603617
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Date: 1921-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: An enthusiastic boxer is challenged to a fight by a mysterious stranger.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1921 The Bully of Brocas Court [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
1921The Bully of Brocas Court (sub-titled A Legend of the Ring) is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in The Strand Magazine in november 1921.
The Bully of Brocas Court [as by A. Conan Doyle]
Year Language Title
1987Translated by Gianni Pilo and Daniela Galdo
Italian Il bullo di Brocas Court

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Strand Magazine, November 1921 1921-11-00 ed. Editors of The Strand Magazine George Newnes  
1/-?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).
206
octavo?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag  
Tales of the Ring and Camp 1922-00-00 A. Conan Doyle John Murray     312
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1929-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray  
20/-?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).
xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1939-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray     xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1940-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray     xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1945-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray     xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1949-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray  
7/6?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).
xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1951-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray     xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1956-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray     xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1960-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray     xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
When the World Screamed and Other Stories 1968-00-00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray 0-7195-1779-6
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).
173
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 Checkmark
The Best Supernatural Tales of Arthur Conan Doyle 1979-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Dover Publications 0-486-23725-7
$6.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
302
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 Lida Moser Checkmark
The Best Supernatural Tales of Arthur Conan Doyle 1979-08-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Dover Publications 0-486-23725-7
$4.00?$: US dollar
xiv+
302
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 Lida Moser Checkmark
Il capitano della Stella Polare 1987-09-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Fanucci Editore (I Miti di Cthulhu #14) 88-347-0014-7
Lit 15,000?Lit: Italian lira
209
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 Boris Vallejo  
The Supernatural Tales of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1988-04-00 Arthur Conan Doyle W. Foulsham & Co. 0-572-01453-8
£12.95?£: UK pound
272
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Best Supernatural Tales of Arthur Conan Doyle 1989-06-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Amereon House 0-8488-0752-9
$30.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
302
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 1990-07-00 ed. Richard Dalby Robinson 1-85487-055-6
£4.99?£: UK pound
654
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 Gordon Crabb  
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 1990-08-00 ed. Richard Dalby Carroll & Graf 0-88184-590-6
$8.95?$: US dollar
xi+
654
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 Gordon Crabb  
The Anthology of Ghost Stories 1994-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Tiger Books International 1-85501-503-X
£9.95?£: UK pound
528
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories 1996-11-00 ed. Richard Dalby Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0352-3
$9.98?$: US dollar
xi+
654
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gordon Crab  
The Supernatural Tales of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 2000-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Gramercy Books 0-517-16201-6
$8.99?$: US dollar
272
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories 2002-09-00 ed. Richard Dalby MetroBooks 1-58663-736-3
$12.98?$: US dollar
xii+
655
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ernesto Rios Lanz Checkmark
The World's Greatest Ghost Stories 2004-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-5465-9
$7.95?$: US dollar
xi+
528
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 e-Digital Checkmark
The World's Greatest Ghost Stories 2004-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Magpie Books 1-84119-857-9
£12.99?£: UK pound
xi+
528
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 e-Digital Checkmark
The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction 2004-05-22 Arthur Conan Doyle Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-068-9
C$60.00?C$: Canadian dollar
xxxviii+
460
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paul Lowe  
The World's Greatest Ghost Stories 2005-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-6989-3   xi+
528
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction 2012-02-22 Arthur Conan Doyle Ash-Tree Press 978-1-55310-217-5
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Paul Lowe Checkmark
The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction 2012-02-22 Arthur Conan Doyle Ash-Tree Press 978-1-55310-216-8
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Paul Lowe  
The Fourth Ghost Story Megapack: 25 Classic Haunts! 2014-11-13 ed. John Gregory Betancourt Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4794-0454-4
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Gothic Tales 2016-10-01 Arthur Conan Doyle Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection) 978-0-19-873429-1
£16.99?£: UK pound
592
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Gothic Tales 2016-10-20 Arthur Conan Doyle Oxford University Press 978-0-19-105363-4
£16.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Gothic Tales 2018-03-22 Arthur Conan Doyle Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) 978-0-19-873430-7
£9.99?£: UK pound
592
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  
The Fourth Ghost Story Megapack 2020-06-02 ed. John Gregory Betancourt Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4794-5079-4
$16.99?$: US dollar
345
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 Parasite and Other Tales of Terror 2021-05-04 Arthur Conan Doyle Poisoned Pen Press (The Haunted Library of Horror Classics #6) 978-1-4926-9980-4
$14.99?$: US dollar
240
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 Jeffrey Nguyen Checkmark
The Parasite and Other Tales of Terror 2021-05-04 Arthur Conan Doyle Poisoned Pen Press (The Haunted Library of Horror Classics #6) 978-1-4926-9981-1
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Jeffrey Nguyen Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Richard Dalby Robinson 1-85487-055-6
£5.99?£: UK pound
654
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 Gordon Crabb  
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