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Title: Tarnhelm Title Record # 583597
Author: Hugh Walpole
Date: 1929-12-28
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Or, "The Death of My Uncle Robert".
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Current Tags: horror (1), fantasy (1), ghosts (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1929 Tarnhelm [as by Sir Hugh Walpole]
1974 Tarnhelm, or the Death of My Uncle Robert
1982Title is given on one line, not at as title & subtitle
Tarnhelm, or the Death of My Uncle Robert [as by Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole]
2003 Tarnhelm or, The Death of My Uncle Robert
Year Language Title
1965Translated by Simone Millot-Jacquin
French Le Tarnhelm
1967Translated by an unknown hand (probably Simone Millot-Jacquin).
French Le Tarnhelm
1994Translated by Sari Kallioinen and Anita Puumalainen
Finnish Taikalakki

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
All Souls' Night 1933-00-00 Hugh Walpole Doubleday, Doran  
$2.50?$: US dollar
316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
All Souls' Night 1933-00-00 Hugh Walpole Macmillan and Co.  
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).
369
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Second Century of Creepy Stories 1937-00-00 ed. Sir Hugh Walpole Hutchinson  
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).
1023
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Midnight Reader 1942-03-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Henry Holt & Co.  
$3.00?$: US dollar
ix+
564
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Strange and Fantastic Stories: Fifty Tales of Terror, Horror, and Fantasy 1946-00-00 ed. Joseph A. Margolies Whittlesey House  
$3.75?$: US dollar
x+
762
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth George Salter Checkmark
Man Into Beast: Strange Tales of Transformation 1947-00-00 ed. A. C. Spectorsky Doubleday  
$3.75?$: US dollar
xii+
368
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Vera Bock  
The Pocket Book of Ghost Stories 1947-10-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Pocket Books 384
$0.25?$: US dollar
405
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 Midnight Reader (abridged) 1960-00-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern World / WDL Books HH970
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).
254
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 Ghost Stories 1962-00-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Washington Square Press W-592
$0.60?$: US dollar
xxvi+
326
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 Irv Docktor  
Great Ghost Stories 1962-07-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Washington Square Press W-592
$0.60?$: US dollar
xxvi+
326
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 Irv Docktor Checkmark
The Unhumans 1965-00-00 ed. Marvin Allen Karp Popular Library SP405
$0.50?$: US dollar
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 Francisco de Goya Checkmark
Histoires de terreur 1965-05-00 ed. Roland Stragliati OPTA (
Fiction Spécial?Fiction Special
#7)
 
F6.00?F: French frank
248
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
anth  
The Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories 1966-02-00 ed. Christine Bernard Fontana 1232
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).
221
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  
Les chefs-d'œuvre du fantastique?Les chefs-d'oeuvre du fantastique
1967-00-00 ed. Jacques Bergier, Alex Grall, Jacques Sternberg Planète (Anthologie Planète)     480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Christian Broutin  
The Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories 1967-03-00 ed. Christine Bernard Fontana     221
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 Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories 1968-03-00 ed. Christine Bernard Fontana 1748
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).
221
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 Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories 1971-09-00 ed. Christine Bernard Beagle Boxer 95142
$0.95?$: US dollar
221
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
Uncanny 1974-00-00 ed. Bryan A. Netherwood Blackie & Son 0-216-89725-4
£2.50?£: UK pound
x+
306
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
De l'autre côté de la porte 1976-02-00 ed. Françoise Martenon, Roland Stragliati Casterman 2-203-22618-8   245
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Palmans  
Classic Tales of Horror 1976-10-00 ed. Stephanie Dowrick Constable & Co. Ltd. 0-09-461560-8
£3.75?£: UK pound
xiii+
270
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Christmas Ghosts 1978-00-00 ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley Doubleday 0-385-14032-0
$7.95?$: US dollar
xii+
227
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Christmas Ghosts 1978-00-00 ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley Doubleday 0-385-14033-9   xii+
227
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Tales of the Supernatural 1978-02-00 ed. Stephanie Dowrick J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton (Everyman's Library) 0-460-01266-5
£1.00?£: UK pound
206
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 Chris Yates  
Histoires de maléfices 1981-10-16 ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - La grande anthologie du fantastique #2012) 2-266-01072-7   328
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 C. Broutin Checkmark
Tales of Fear & Frightening Phenomena 1982-00-00 ed. Helen Hoke J. M. Dent 0-460-06118-6
£5.95?£: UK pound
132
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Tales of Fear & Frightening Phenomena 1982-00-00 ed. Helen Hoke Lodestar Books / Dutton 0-525-66789-X
$10.50?$: US dollar
132
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Andrew Rhodes  
Realms of Darkness 1985-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Octopus Books 0-86273-244-1
$8.95?$: US dollar
796
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Realms of Darkness 1985-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Octopus Books 0-86273-244-1   796
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Great Tales of the Supernatural 1992-05-00 ed. Stephanie Dowrick J. M. Dent (Everyman's Library) 0-460-87165-X
£3.99?£: UK pound
206
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 Joseph Drivas  
Horror for Christmas 1992-11-00 ed. Richard Dalby Michael O'Mara Books 1-85479-141-9
£13.99?£: UK pound
vii+
248
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Graham Potts  
Horror for Christmas 1993-10-00 ed. Richard Dalby Headline 0-7472-4210-0
£5.99?£: UK pound
vii+
248
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 Mick Brownfield  
Mistletoe & Mayhem: Horrific Tales for the Holidays 1993-10-00 ed. Richard Dalby Castle Books 1-55521-972-1
$8.98?$: US dollar
vii+
248
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mark Hess  
Englantilaiset aaveet 1994-00-00 ed. Markku Sadelehto
Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö?Werner Soederstroem Osakeyhtioe
Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio
(FAN)
951-0-19413-1   502
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 Jukka Murtosaari Checkmark
La grande anthologie du fantastique: 3 1997-02-00 ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati Omnibus (France) (La grande anthologie du fantastique (Omnibus) #3) 2-258-03654-2
F155.00?F: French frank
1349
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
Arnold Böcklin?Arnold Boecklin
 
Tarnhelm: The Best Supernatural Stories of Hugh Walpole 2003-03-10 Hugh Walpole Tartarus Press 1-872621-74-0
£35.00?£: UK pound
xiv+
363
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories 2004-00-00 ed. uncredited Wordsworth Editions 1-84022-056-2   1149
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
All Souls' Night 2016-04-26 Hugh Walpole Valancourt Books (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) 978-1-943910-35-9
$16.99?$: US dollar
x+
238
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.
coll Henry Petrides  
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Hugh Walpole: Volume 3 2018-06-11 Hugh Walpole Leonaur Ltd (Leonaur Supernatural Fiction Series) 978-1-78282-768-9
$30.86?$: US dollar
344
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Hugh Walpole: Volume 3 2018-06-11 Hugh Walpole Leonaur Ltd (Leonaur Supernatural Fiction Series) 978-1-78282-769-6
£12.99?£: UK pound
344
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.
coll  
The Second Century of Creepy Stories date unknown ed. Sir Hugh Walpole Hutchinson  
4/6?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).
1023
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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