Title: Creeps by Night: Chills and Thrills
Title Record # 1027309
Editor: Dashiell Hammett
Date: 1931-00-00
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Language: English
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Editor: Dashiell Hammett
Date: 1931-00-00
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Language: English
Note:
21 stories with introduction by Dashiell Hammett
Several notices in US newspapers mention 20 stories, but there are 21. As of the second printing, January 1932, as seen on a scan of the copyright page, there are 20 stories--"A Woman Alone with Her Soul" has been dropped.
Hammett selected the stories as the judge of public nominations.
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The John Day Company is willing to pay $10 to any bookseller, literary editor or other person who suggests a story read in any English or American periodical which may be found acceptable for inclusion in "Creeps by Night", a collection of chills and thrills planned for September publication. Dashiell Hammett will be the judge of eligibility and no story will be used which already has appeared in book form. It is preferred that they should have been printed in periodicals not more than three years old.
-- (end quote) New York Herald Tribune 1931-05-22 p19, "Literary Notes"
-- The New York Times -05-31 pBR11, "Books and Authors", provides much the same information, and deadline June 15 for receipt of nominations. "It is to be a collection of strange and weird tales, by authors of any nationality. ... older stories may, in exceptional cases, be chosen if they are particularly chilling or thrilling."
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Creeps by Night: Chills and Thrills | 1931-09-00 | ed. Dashiell Hammett | John Day | $2.50?$: US dollar |
525 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
Modern Tales of Horror | 1932-07-00 | ed. Dashiell Hammett | 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). |
448 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
Creeps by Night: Chills and Thrills | 1944-01-00 | ed. Dashiell Hammett | Forum Books / World Publishing Co. | $1.00?$: US dollar |
525 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
Creeps by Night | 1961-00-00 | ed. Dashiell Hammett | Belmont Books | 230 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
141 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
Creeps by Night | 1966-02-00 | ed. Dashiell Hammett | Four Square Books | 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). |
141 | 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 | Michael Leonard (I) | ||
Vivono di notte. 18 racconti dell'orrore | 1990-09-00 | ed. Dashiell Hammett | Mondadori (Omnibus) | 88-04-34172-6 | Lit 25,000?Lit: Italian lira |
382 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
Urania #1497 Supplement | 2005-04-00 | ed. Giuseppe Lippi | Mondadori | 1497 Supplement | €4.10?€: Euro |
298 | 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. |
mag | Franco Brambilla | |
Terreur dans la nuit : 10 nouvelles horrifiques | 2016-03-31 | ed. Dashiell Hammett | Fleuve Noir | 978-2-265-11577-4 | €16.90?€: Euro |
215 | 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 |
Reviews
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 145 - 294)
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1991) in Science Fiction: The Early Years
- Review [French] by Bertrand Bonnet (2016) in Bifrost, #83