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Title: The Compensation House

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Title: The Compensation House Title Record # 1004028
Author: Charles Allston Collins
Date: 1866-12-10
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in the magazine All the Year Round, Christmas 1866.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1866 The Compensation House [as by Charles Collins]
Year Language Title
1974Translated by Dominique Mols
French La maison de l'expropriation [as by Charles Collins]
1987Translated by Josef Ehold
German Das Haus ohne Spiegel [as by Charles Collins]
1988Translated by Giuseppe Lippi
Italian La casa del risarcimento

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
All the Year Round, Christmas Number, 1866 1866-12-10 ed. Charles Dickens Chapman & Hall  
-/4?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).
48
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
The Supernatural Omnibus 1931-00-00 ed. Montague Summers Doubleday, Doran  
$2.50?$: US dollar
xl+
690
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goetry, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny 1931-06-00 ed. Montague Summers Gollancz  
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).
608
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goety, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny 1952-04-00 ed. Montague Summers Gollancz     622
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Supernatural Omnibus I 1967-00-00 ed. Montague Summers Panther 2199
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).
332
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  
Bewitched Beings: Phantoms, Familiars and the Possessed in Stories from Two Centuries 1974-00-00 ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 0-688-41657-8
$5.95?$: US dollar
224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Emanuel Schongut  
Bewitched Beings: Phantoms, Familiars and the Possessed in Stories from Two Centuries 1974-00-00 ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 0-688-51657-2
$5.95?$: US dollar
224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Emanuel Schongut  
L'Angleterre fantastique de Defoe à Wells 1974-00-00 ed. Jacques Van Herp Marabout (Anthologie du Fantastique)     426
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 Supernatural Omnibus: Volume 1: Hauntings and Horror 1976-12-00 ed. Montague Summers Penguin Books 0-14-004184-2
£0.95?£: UK pound
429
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 Justin Todd Checkmark
Reign of Terror: The 2nd Corgi Book of Great Victorian Horror Stories 1977-02-00 ed. Michel Parry Corgi Books 0-552-10390-X
£0.70?£: 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.
anth Checkmark
The Supernatural Omnibus 1982-00-00 ed. Montague Summers Gollancz 0-575-03120-4
£8.95?£: UK pound
622
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  
Macabre Railway Stories 1982-07-22 ed. Ronald Holmes W. H. Allen 0-491-02827-X
£?£: UK pound
231
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Macabre Railway Stories 1983-00-00 ed. Ronald Holmes Star 0-352-31293-9
£1.80?£: 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.
anth Checkmark
The Penguin Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goety, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny 1984-00-00 ed. Montague Summers Penguin Books 0-14-007297-7
£4.95?£: UK pound
573
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 Steve Crisp Checkmark
Viktorianische Gespenstergeschichten 1987-01-00 ed. Franz Rottensteiner Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #187) 3-518-37845-7
DM 9.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
230
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 Tom Breuer Checkmark
Occulta. L'omnibus del soprannaturale 1988-05-00 ed. Montague Summers Mondadori (Oscar #2036) 88-04-30846-X
Lit 14,000?Lit: Italian lira
xiv+
560
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 Karel Thole  
The Supernatural Omnibus 2014-07-07 ed. Montague Summers Muschamp Press 978-1-4733-9489-6
$10.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
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