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Title: The Trap Title Record # 71194
Authors: H. P. Lovecraft and Henry S. Whitehead
Date: 1932-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Gerald Canevin
Language: English
Note: Rewritten by H. P. Lovecraft from Henry S. Whitehead's manuscript in late 1931.
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1932 The Trap [as by Henry S. Whitehead]
1932 The Trap [as by Henry Whitehead]
2012 The Trap [as by H. P. Lovecraft]
Year Language Title
1993Translated by Jean-Pierre Mourlon
French Le piège [as by Howard P. Lovecraft and Henry S. Whitehead]
2017Translated by Usch Kiausch
German Die Falle
2020 Translated by Usch Kiausch Translation first published in 2017 as by H. P. Lovecraft & Henry S. Whitehead
German Die Falle [as by H. P. Lovecraft]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, March 1932 1932-03-00 ed. Harry Bates The Clayton Magazines, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
146
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 H. W. Wesso  
West India Lights 1946-00-00 Henry S. Whitehead Arkham House  
$3.00?$: US dollar
367
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ronald Clyne Checkmark
Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 6, 1948 1948-05-00 ed. Donald A. Wollheim Avon Book Co.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
124
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Checkmark
The Macabre Reader 1959-00-00 ed. Donald A. Wollheim Ace Books D-353
$0.35?$: 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.
anth Ed Emshwiller Checkmark
The Macabre Reader 1960-00-00 ed. Donald A. Wollheim Digit Books D362
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).
 
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 Ed Emshwiller  
Weird Terror Tales, Fall 1970 1970-00-00 ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes Health Knowledge, Inc.  
$0.60?$: US dollar
132
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Richard Schmand Checkmark
Uncollected Prose and Poetry II 1980-07-00 H. P. Lovecraft Necronomicon Press  
$4.95?$: US dollar
ix+
51
ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications.
coll Jason Eckhardt  
Haunted New England: Classic Tales of the Strange and Supernatural 1988-10-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh Yankee Books 0-89909-156-3
$16.95?$: US dollar
287
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions 1989-05-00 H. P. Lovecraft Arkham House 0-87054-040-8
$18.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
450
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Raymond Bayless Checkmark
Haunted New England: Classic Tales of the Strange and Supernatural 1991-06-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh Yankee Books 0-89909-339-6
$10.95?$: US dollar
287
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 Checkmark
The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions 1992-00-00 H. P. Lovecraft Arkham House 0-87054-040-8   xiii+
450
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Raymond Bayless  
Night Ocean et autres nouvelles 1993-05-03 Howard P. Lovecraft J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #2519) 2-277-22519-3   250
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 Philippe Druillet Checkmark
Nursery Crimes 1993-06-00 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-101-7
$9.98?$: US dollar
xii+
560
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth John Tierney  
The Loved Dead and Other Revisions 1997-00-00 H. P. Lovecraft Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0445-4
$4.95?$: US dollar
243
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 Loved Dead and Other Revisions 1999-00-00 H. P. Lovecraft Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0445-4
$4.95?$: US dollar
243
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 Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions 2002-00-00 H. P. Lovecraft Arkham House 0-87054-040-8   xiii+
450
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Raymond Bayless  
Night Ocean et autres nouvelles 2005-02-20 Howard P. Lovecraft J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #2519) 2-290-34766-3   250
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 Guérineau?Richard Guerineau
 
Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, March 1932 2005-11-23 ed. Harry Bates Wildside Press (Wildside Pulp Classics #13) 1-55742-457-8
$15.00?$: US dollar
144
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 H. W. Wesso Checkmark
The Horror in the Museum 2007-09-25 H. P. Lovecraft Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-48572-6
$16.95?$: US dollar
xxi+
453
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 John Jude Palencar  
The Horror in the Museum 2009-09-30 H. P. Lovecraft Del Rey / Ballantine 978-0-307-49595-2
$13.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll John Jude Palencar  
Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre 2011-07-21 H. P. Lovecraft Gollancz 978-0-575-09935-7
£20.00?£: UK pound
xvii+
538
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Les Edwards Checkmark
Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre 2011-07-21 H. P. Lovecraft Gollancz 978-0-575-09963-0
£16.99?£: UK pound
xvii+
538
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 Les Edwards  
Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre 2011-07-21 H. P. Lovecraft Gollancz / Orion 978-0-575-09936-4
£10.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Les Edwards  
Medusa's Coil and Others: The Annotated Revisions and Collaborations of H. P. Lovecraft, Volume 2 2012-07-26 H. P. Lovecraft Arcane Wisdom 978-1-935006-16-9
$18.95?$: US dollar
484
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 Zach McCain Checkmark
Voodoo Tales: The Ghost Stories of Henry S. Whitehead 2012-08-05 Henry S. Whitehead Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 978-1-84022-690-4
£2.99?£: UK pound
691
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 Nathan Clair Checkmark
The Trap 2012-11-30 H. P. Lovecraft Fantasy and Horror Classics 978-1-4474-6831-8
$9.95?$: US dollar
38
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.
chap  
Fungi, Summer 2013 2013-07-11 ed. Pierre V. Comtois Fungoid Press 978-1-62137-326-1
$20.00?$: US dollar
419
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
fanzine Murray Tinkelman Checkmark
The Golden Age of Weird Fiction Megapack: Volume 1 2015-01-22 Henry S. Whitehead Wildside Press 978-1-4794-0481-0
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Witch and Warlock Megapack 2015-11-19 ed. uncredited Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4794-0772-9
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
The Trap 2016-03-30 H. P. Lovecraft Fantasy and Horror Classics 978-1-4733-6910-8
$4.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: Supplement A: Collaborations & Ghostwritings 2017-10-31 ed. Finn J. D. John, H. P. Lovecraft Pulp-Lit Productions 978-1-63591-301-9
$48.99?$: US dollar
636
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Hannes Bok  
Das Haar der Medusa 2017-11-01 Howard Phillips Lovecraft Festa (H. P. Lovecrafts Bibliothek des Schreckens #2645) 978-3-86552-571-0
€29.99?€: Euro
349+
[2]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: Collaborations & Ghostwritings 2018-03-15 ed. Finn J. D. John, H. P. Lovecraft Pulp-Lit Productions 978-1-63591-341-5
$64.99?$: US dollar
638
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Hannes Bok  
H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: Collaborations & Ghostwritings 2018-03-15 ed. Finn J. D. John, H. P. Lovecraft Pulp-Lit Productions 978-1-63591-342-2
$29.99?$: US dollar
xvii+
638
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 Hannes Bok  
H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: Collaborations & Ghostwritings 2018-03-15 ed. Finn J. D. John, H. P. Lovecraft Pulp-Lit Productions 978-1-63591-343-9
$8.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Hannes Bok  
The Complete Weird-Fiction Works of H.P. Lovecraft: In One Volume 2019-06-12 Finn J. D. John, H. P. Lovecraft Pulp-Lit Productions 978-1-63591-363-7
$5.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
omni Margaret Brundage  
Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre 2020-03-19 H. P. Lovecraft Gollancz 978-1-4732-3064-4
£25.00?£: UK pound
560
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Les Edwards  
Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, March 1932 2020-07-01 ed. Harry Bates Adventure House (Adventure House Reprints #STMT-1932-03) 978-1-59798-775-2
$14.95?$: US dollar
144
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 H. W. Wesso  
H. P. Lovecraft: Das Gesamtwerk 2020-10-28 H. P. Lovecraft Festa 978-3-86552-882-7
€69.99?€: Euro
493, 493, 478, 494, 492, 495
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 Timo Wuerz Checkmark
H. P. Lovecraft: Das Gesamtwerk IV 2020-10-28 H. P. Lovecraft Festa     494
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 Timo Wuerz Checkmark
Dangerous Dimensions: Mind-Bending Tales of the Mathematical Weird 2021-01-21 ed. Henry Bartholomew The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird) 978-0-7123-5368-7
£8.99?£: UK pound
334
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
Sandra Gómez?Sandra Gomez
Checkmark
Haunted New England: Classic Tales of the Strange and Supernatural date unknown ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh Yankee Books 0-89909-339-6
$10.95?$: US dollar
287
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  
Weird Terror Tales #3, Fall 1970 date unknown ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes Pulp Tales Press  
$8.95?$: US dollar
130
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
anth Richard Schmand Checkmark
Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, March 1932 date unknown ed. Harry Bates Pulp Tales Press  
$12.95?$: US dollar
146
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 H. W. Wesso  
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