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Title: Royal Jelly Title Record # 64409
Author: Roald Dahl
Date: 1959-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1961Translated by Hans Edinga
Dutch Hormonen
1961Translated by Pentti Saarikoski
Finnish Kuningatarhyytelö
1966Translated by Wolfheinrich von der Mülbe
German Gelée Royale
1984Translated by Rolf Jurkeit.
German Gelee Royale
2003Royal Jelly Translated by Elisabeth Gaspar as Gelée royale
French Gelée royale

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Kiss Kiss 1960-00-00 Roald Dahl Michael Joseph  
15/-?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).
255
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Kiss Kiss 1960-00-00 Roald Dahl McClelland & Stewart  
C$4.50?C$: Canadian dollar
255
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Kiss Kiss 1960-02-08 Roald Dahl Alfred A. Knopf  
$3.95?$: US dollar
308
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Kiss Kiss 1961-00-00 Roald Dahl Dell F128
$0.50?$: US dollar
288
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  
Op weg naar de hemel 1961-00-00 Roald Dahl Meulenhoff (Meulenhoff Editie #11) E11   244
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  
Kiss Kiss 1962-00-00 Roald Dahl Penguin Books 1832
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).
233
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  
Best Tales of Terror 1962-12-00 ed. Edmund Crispin Faber and Faber  
16/-?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).
255
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Felix Kelly  
Op weg naar de hemel 1963-00-00 Roald Dahl Meulenhoff (Meulenhoff Editie #11) E11 ƒ4.50 244
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 Hiemstra / Bouthoorn Checkmark
And Graves Give Up Their Dead 1964-00-00 ed. Frederick Pickersgill Corgi Books GS1497
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).
174
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  
Kiss Kiss 1965-00-00 Roald Dahl Dell 4572
$0.60?$: US dollar
223
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 George Ziel  
Best Tales of Terror 1966-00-00 ed. Edmund Crispin Faber and Faber (Faber Paper Covered Editions)  
6/6?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).
255
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  
Kiss Kiss 1966-00-00 Roald Dahl Penguin Books 1832
4/6?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).
233
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  
Küsschen, Küsschen! 1966-00-00 Roald Dahl Rowohlt Taschenbuch (rororo #835) 835
DM 2.20?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
182
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
Jürgen Wulff?Juergen Wulff
 
Wake Up Screaming 1967-02-00 ed. Richard G. Sheehan, Lee Wright Bantam Books H2950
$0.60?$: US dollar
213
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
Kiss Kiss 1968-10-00 Roald Dahl Alfred A. Knopf  
$3.95?$: US dollar
308
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Charles E. Skaggs Checkmark
Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl 1969-11-00 Roald Dahl Michael Joseph 0-7181-0697-0
£?£: UK pound
442
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Kiss Kiss 1970-00-00 Roald Dahl Penguin Books     232
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 Omnific  
Küsschen, Küsschen! 1970-00-00 Roald Dahl Rowohlt Taschenbuch (rororo #835) 3-499-10835-6 DM2.80 182
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
Jürgen Wulff?Juergen Wulff
 
Kiss Kiss 1972-11-00 Roald Dahl Pocket Books 0-671-77559-6
$0.95?$: US dollar
229
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 Eighth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories 1973-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Fontana 0-00-613296-0   189
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 John Holmes  
The Eighth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories 1973-09-00 ed. Mary Danby Fontana 0-00-613296-0   189
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 Eighth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories 1974-05-00 ed. Mary Danby Fontana 0-00-613296-0   189
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  
Stories to Be Read with the Door Locked 1975-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Random House 0-394-49839-9   viii+
365
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Eighth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories 1975-01-00 ed. Mary Danby Fontana 0-00-613296-0
£0.35?£: UK pound
189
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
Stories to Be Read with the Door Locked 1975-10-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Random House / BCE 1387   xii+
368
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth John Sposato Checkmark
Küsschen, Küsschen! 1976-00-00 Roald Dahl Büchergilde Gutenberg 3-7632-1986-2   252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Stories to be Read with the Door Locked (Volume I) 1977-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 0138
$1.25?$: US dollar
219
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  
Lammkeule und andere Geschichten 1977-00-00 Roald Dahl Volk und Welt  
M 6.20?M: East German mark
304
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 Eighth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories 1978-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Fontana 0-00-615230-9   189
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  
Sinister and Supernatural Stories 1978-00-00 ed. Richard Adams Ward, Lock (Ward Lock Educational Short Stories #5) 0-7062-3668-8
£1.95?£: UK pound
135
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Sinister and Supernatural Stories 1978-00-00 ed. Richard Adams Ward, Lock (Ward Lock Educational Short Stories #5) 0-7062-3667-X
£0.80?£: UK pound
135
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 Best of Roald Dahl 1978-05-00 Roald Dahl Vintage Books 0-394-72549-2 / V-549
$6.95?$: US dollar
xv+
401
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  
Tales of the Unexpected 1979-02-00 Roald Dahl Michael Joseph 0-7181-1751-4
£5.95?£: UK pound
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of the Unexpected 1979-02-22 Roald Dahl Penguin Books 0-14-005131-7
£?£: UK pound
282
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  
Tales of the Unexpected 1979-09-00 Roald Dahl Vintage Books 0-394-74081-5 / V-81
$2.95?$: US dollar
[6]+
471+
[2]
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
Tales of the Unexpected 1980-00-00 Roald Dahl Penguin Books 0-14-005131-7
£0.95?£: UK pound
181
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  
Sinister and Supernatural Stories 1980-00-00 ed. Richard Adams Ward, Lock (Ward Lock Educational Short Stories #5) 0-7062-3667-X   135
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  
Küßchen, Küßchen!?Kuesschen, Kuesschen!
1980-10-00 Roald Dahl Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft 01079 3   446
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Wolfgang Lauter Checkmark
Lammkeule und andere Geschichten 1983-00-00 Roald Dahl Volk und Welt 6471633
M 6.40?M: East German mark
304
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 Regine Schulz , Burckhard Labowski Checkmark
Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, January-February 1983 1983-01-00 ed. T. E. D. Klein TZ Publications, Inc.  
$2.50?$: US dollar
 
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag Walter Velez Checkmark
Kiss Kiss 1984-00-00 Roald Dahl Penguin Books 0-14-001832-8
£1.95?£: UK pound
231
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
Chamber of Horrors 1984-00-00 ed. uncredited Octopus Books 0-7064-2053-5
£2.99?£: UK pound
349
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stuart Bodek Checkmark
Schattenlicht 1984-00-00 ed. Rolf Jurkeit Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #6428) 3-453-01965-2
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
284
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 Photodesign Mall Checkmark
Chamber of Horrors 1985-00-00 ed. uncredited Octopus Books 0-7064-2053-5
$6.00?$: US dollar
349
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stuart Bodek  
Rakkaani, kyyhkyläiseni / Joku kaltaisesi 1985-00-00 Roald Dahl Suuri Suomalainen Kirjakerho 951-643-680-3   258+
198
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Checkmark
Completely Unexpected Tales 1986-09-00 Roald Dahl Penguin Books 0-14-009820-8
£2.95?£: UK pound
405
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.
omni  
Chamber of Horrors 1987-00-00 ed. uncredited Gallery Books / W. H. Smith 0-8317-1234-1   349
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stuart Bodek Checkmark
A Second Roald Dahl Selection 1987-00-00 Roald Dahl Longman 0-582-22499-3   iii+
150
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  
Tales of the Unexpected 1990-08-00 Roald Dahl Vintage Books 0-679-72989-5
$10.95?$: US dollar
471
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 Seth Jaben  
The Best of Roald Dahl 1990-08-00 Roald Dahl Vintage Books 0-679-72991-7
$10.95?$: US dollar
vi+
520
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 Jo Bonney  
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl 1991-09-00 Roald Dahl Michael Joseph 0-7181-3545-8
£15.99?£: UK pound
iv+
762
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories 1998-05-00 Roald Dahl Viking 0-670-87854-5
$16.99?$: US dollar
279
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Brian Cairns  
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories 2000-07-00 Roald Dahl Puffin / Penguin Books (US) 0-14-130271-2
$6.99?$: US dollar
279
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 Brian Cairns  
The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories 2001-09-27 Roald Dahl Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) 0-14-131150-9
£5.99?£: UK pound
264
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 Martin O'Neill  
Kiss Kiss 2003-03-24 Roald Dahl Gallimard (Folio #1029) 2-07-037029-1
F8.00?F: French frank
304
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 William Wilson  
Collected Stories 2006-10-17 Roald Dahl Alfred A. Knopf (Everyman's Library #300) 0-307-26490-4
$30.00?$: US dollar
xxxviii+
850
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of the Unexpected 2008-09-01 Roald Dahl Penguin Books Australia (Popular Penguins) 978-0-14-103757-8
A$9.95?A$: Australian dollar
282
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 Umbrella Man and Other Stories 2008-11-25 Roald Dahl Paw Prints 978-1-4395-7880-3
$16.99?$: US dollar
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Brian Cairns  
Küsschen, Küsschen! 2012-11-00 Roald Dahl Rowohlt Taschenbuch (rororo #10835) 978-3-499-10835-8   182
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
Jürgen Wulff?Juergen Wulff
 
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories 2013-06-20 Roald Dahl Speak / Penguin Books (US) 978-1-101-63628-2
$8.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Martin O'Neill  
The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories 2013-09-05 Roald Dahl Puffin (Roald Dahl Short Stories) 978-0-14-134788-2
£6.99?£: UK pound
272
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 Martin O'Neill  
Kiss Kiss date unknown Roald Dahl Penguin Books 0-14-001832-8
£3.99?£: UK pound
231
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 Umbrella Man and Other Stories date unknown Roald Dahl Viking 0-670-87854-5
$16.99?$: US dollar
279
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Brian Cairns  
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl date unknown Roald Dahl Penguin Books India 978-0-14-015807-6 Rs 499.00 762
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.
omni Elizabeth Thomas  
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