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Title: Roads of Destiny Title Record # 78267
Author: O. Henry
Date: 1903-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: First published in Ainslee's, April 1903.
Synopsis: A young man who is an enthusiastic writer of poetry states that he can forge his own destiny; when he quarrels with his girlfriend and leaves home, the omniscient author decides to test this theory by following three paths he could take from there. Will they diverge, or will they converge on a fated end?
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Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries 1936-00-00 ed. John R. Crossland, J. M. Parrish Odhams Press     766
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Story Survey 1939-00-00 ed. Harold Blodgett J. B. Lippincott     797
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Moonlight Traveler: Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination 1943-05-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Doubleday, Doran  
$3.00?$: US dollar
xx+
487
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Moonlight Traveler: Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination 1943-05-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern McClelland  
C$3.25?C$: Canadian dollar
xx+
487
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Moonlight Traveler: Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination 1945-00-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Garden City Publishing Co.     xx+
488
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Moonlight Traveller 1949-00-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern The Bodley Head  
12/6?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).
477
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
A Book of Queer Stories 1950-00-00 ed. uncredited University of London Press     157
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  
World of Wonder 1951-08-00 ed. Fletcher Pratt Twayne Publishers  
$3.95?$: US dollar
445
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Herbstman Checkmark
World of Wonder 1951-10-00 ed. Fletcher Pratt Twayne Publishers  
$3.95?$: US dollar
445
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Herbstman Checkmark
The Moonlight Traveller 1952-00-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern The Bodley Head  
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).
477
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination 1954-09-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Cardinal / Pocket Books C-156
$0.35?$: US dollar
xx+
485
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
Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination 1954-09-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Cardinal / Pocket Books C-156
C$0.35?C$: Canadian dollar
xx+
485
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 O. Henry: One Hundred of His Stories Chosen by Sapper 1956-00-00 O. Henry Hodder & Stoughton     1139
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Moonlight Traveller 1960-11-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern World / WDL Books HH981
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).
224
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  
Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination 1965-07-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Washington Square Press W-704
$0.60?$: US dollar
xx+
485
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
Tales of O. Henry 1969-00-00 O. Henry Doubleday  
$6.95?$: US dollar
x+
565
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Fantasy: The Literature of the Marvelous 1974-00-00 ed. Leo P. Kelley McGraw-Hill (Patterns in Literary Art) 0-07-033502-8
$3.96?$: US dollar
vi+
305
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  
Tales of O. Henry 1979-04-00 O. Henry International Collectors Library     viii+
565
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Great Tales of the Supernatural 1991-00-00 ed. uncredited Chancellor Press 1-85152-107-0   641
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Mysteries: A Classic Collection 1994-00-00 ed. uncredited Bracken Books 1-85891-154-0
£5.99?£: UK pound
606
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  
Great Ghost Stories 2002-00-00 ed. uncredited Chancellor Press 0-7537-0572-9   641
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
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