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Title: Ben Blower's Story

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Title: Ben Blower's Story Title Record # 1604096
Author: Charles Fenno Hoffman
Date: 1842-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in Graham's Lady's and Gentlemen's Magazine, Aug 1842 (per Contento).
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1875 The Man in the Reservoir
1936 Ben Blower's Story [as by C. F. Hoffman]
1945 The Man in the Reservoir [as by C. F. Hoffman]
1966 The Boiler [as by C. F. Hoffman]
Year Language Title
1979 German Im Wasserbecken [as by C. F. Hoffman]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Life 1875-00-00 ed. Rossiter Johnson James R. Osgood and Co.     208
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
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  
Famous Tales of Terror and the Supernatural 1945-00-00 ed. uncredited Gulliver Books  
1/6?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).
96
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  
Tales of Mystery 1945-00-00 ed. uncredited Gulliver Books  
1/-?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
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  
Strange and Uncanny 1945-09-00 ed. uncredited Gulliver Books (Gulliver Pocket Library. Famous Stories of All Times #22) 22
1/-?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
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  
SF Impulse, October 1966 1966-10-00 ed. Harry Harrison Roberts & Vinter Ltd.  
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).
160
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 K. Roberts Checkmark
The Nightmare Reader 1973-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Doubleday & Company 0-385-02215-8
$5.95?$: US dollar
xv+
340
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Roger Zimmerman  
The Nightmare Reader 1973-08-00 ed. Peter Haining Gollancz 0-575-01710-4
£2.60?£: UK pound
xv+
340
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Nightmare Reader Volume One 1976-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Pan Books 0-330-24598-8
£0.50?£: UK pound
191
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 Alan Lee Checkmark
22 Panik-Stories 1979-00-00 ed. Manfred Kluge Heyne (Heyne-Anthologien #62) 3-453-45035-3
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
253
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
Adventure Stories for Boys 1983-00-00 ed. John Canning Octopus Books 0-7064-0692-3   400
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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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