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Title: The Chain

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Title: The Chain Title Record # 57463
Author: H. Warner Munn
Date: 1928-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: No fantasy or SF elements, just Poe-ish Gothic.
Synopsis: A man is held captive and tormented by a man he tried to murder, the husband of his mistress.
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Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Weird Tales, April 1928 1928-04-00 ed. Farnsworth Wright Popular Fiction Publishing Co.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
148
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 C. C. Senf Checkmark
By Daylight Only 1929-00-00 ed. Christine Campbell Thomson Selwyn & Blount  
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).
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The "Not at Night" Omnibus 1937-04-00 ed. Christine Campbell Thomson Selwyn and Blount  
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).
511
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Not at Night 1960-00-00 ed. Christine Campbell Thomson Arrow Books 586
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).
192
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  
Weird Tales: 32 Unearthed Terrors 1988-07-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers 0-517-66123-3
$9.98?$: US dollar
xv+
655
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Hannes Bok Checkmark
100 Wild Little Weird Tales 1994-12-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-557-8
$7.98?$: US dollar
xix+
581
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Kevin McGuinness  
100 Wild Little Weird Tales 1997-00-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0205-5
$4.98?$: US dollar
xix+
581
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 Kevin McGuinness  
100 Wild Little Weird Tales 2005-00-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-557-8
$7.98?$: US dollar
xix+
581
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Igor Satanovsky Checkmark
Weird Tales (disc 2) 2019-00-00 ed. uncredited        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth  
100 Wild Little Weird Tales date unknown ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-557-8   xix+
581
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Kevin McGuinness Checkmark
By Daylight Only date unknown ed. Christine Campbell Thomson Selwyn & Blount  
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).
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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