Title: The Confession of Charles Linkworth
Title Record # 590881
Author: E. F. Benson
Date: 1912-01-13
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: E. F. Benson
Date: 1912-01-13
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: An English murderer is hanged, but his spirit cannot rest easy.
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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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The Room in the Tower and Other Stories | 1912-00-00 | E. F. Benson | Mills & Boon | 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). |
vii+ 338 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
The Cavalier and the Scrap Book, January 13, 1912 | 1912-01-13 | ed. Editors of The Cavalier | Frank A. Munsey | $0.10?$: US dollar |
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 | ||||
The Room in the Tower and Other Stories | 1914-00-00 | E. F. Benson | Mills & Boon (Shilling Cloth Library) | 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). |
296 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
The Room in the Tower and Other Stories | 1929-00-00 | E. F. Benson | Knopf (UK) | 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). |
320 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
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 | ||||
The Fifth Pan Book of Horror Stories | 1964-00-00 | ed. Herbert van Thal | Pan Books | X331 | 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). |
267 | 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 Fifth Pan Book of Horror Stories | 1968-00-00 | ed. Herbert van Thal | Pan Books | 0-330-02079-X | 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). |
267 | 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 | ||
Selections from The Pan Book of Horror Stories #5 | 1970-12-00 | ed. Herbert van Thal | Berkley Medallion | 0-425-01925-X / S1925 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
189 | 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 | Victor Valla | |
The Fifth Pan Book of Horror Stories | 1974-00-00 | ed. Herbert van Thal | Pan Books | 0-330-02079-X | £0.30?£: UK pound |
267 | 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 Fifth Pan Book of Horror Stories | 1977-00-00 | ed. Herbert van Thal | Pan Books | 0-330-02079-X | £0.50?£: UK pound |
267 | 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 | ||
Horrors, Horrors, Horrors | 1978-00-00 | ed. Helen Hoke | Franklin Watts | 0-531-02211-0 | £3.95?£: UK pound |
xiii+ 177 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Bill Prosser | |
Chilling and Killing | 1978-03-00 | ed. Joan Kahn | Houghton Mifflin | 0-395-26287-9 | $10.95?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 337 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Andrew Newman | |
The Fifth Pan Book of Horror Stories | 1980-00-00 | ed. Herbert van Thal | Pan Books | 0-330-02079-X | 267 | 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 Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories | 1986-10-00 | ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert | Oxford University Press | 0-19-214163-5 | £12.95?£: UK pound |
xvii+ 504 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories | 1987-05-00 | ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert | Oxford University Press | 0-19-214163-5 | $18.95?$: US dollar |
504 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | John Atkinson Grimshaw | |
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories | 1989-10-00 | ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert | Oxford University Press | 0-19-282666-2 | £5.95?£: UK pound |
xvii+ 504 |
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 | Atkinson Grimshaw | |
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 | |||
Great Ghost Stories | 1992-00-00 | ed. John Grafton | Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions) | 0-486-27270-2 | $1.00?$: US dollar |
viii+ 100 |
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 Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | 1992-11-00 | E. F. Benson | Robinson | 1-85487-110-2 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
xvii+ 624 |
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 Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | 1992-12-00 | E. F. Benson | Carroll & Graf | 0-88184-857-3 | $10.95?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 624 |
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 | ||
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 | ||
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories | 1995-10-00 | ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert | Oxford University Press | 0-19-282666-2 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
xvii+ 504 |
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 | John Atkinson Grimshaw | |
The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | 1996-00-00 | E. F. Benson | Carroll & Graf | 0-7867-0365-2 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
xvii+ 624 |
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 | Kathleen M. Lynch , Barnaby Hall | |
The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | 1996-11-00 | E. F. Benson | Carroll & Graf | 1-85487-110-2 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 624 |
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 Passenger | 1999-09-00 | E. F. Benson | Ash-Tree Press | 1-899562-81-8 | C$51.00?C$: Canadian dollar |
xx+ 153 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Douglas Walters | |
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 | |||
The Passenger | 2012-01-18 | E. F. Benson | Ash-Tree Press | 978-1-55310-174-1 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Douglas Walters | ||
Night Terrors: The Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | 2012-06-05 | E. F. Benson | Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) | 978-1-84022-685-0 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
xi+ 705 |
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 | Nathan Clair | |
Collected Works of E. F. Benson | 2012-09-15 | E. F. Benson | Benediction Classics | 978-1-78139-290-4 | $49.99?$: US dollar |
994 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | ||
The E. F. Benson Megapack | 2013-03-13 | E. F. Benson | Wildside Press (Megapack) | 978-1-4344-4699-2 | $0.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
The Classic Horror Collection | 2017-11-30 | ed. uncredited | Arcturus Publishing | 978-1-78888-263-7 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | |||
The Classic Horror Collection | 2018-03-15 | ed. uncredited | Arcturus Publishing | 978-1-78828-401-1 | 928 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
The Classic Horror Collection | 2018-05-01 | ed. uncredited | Sirius / Arcturus Publishing | 978-1-78828-538-4 | $19.99?$: US dollar |
928 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
Alfred Hichcock's Mystery Magazine, January-February 2019 | 2019-01-00 | ed. Editors of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | Dell Magazines | $7.99?$: US dollar |
196 | 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". |
mag | |||
The Zaffre Book of Occult Fiction | 2023-03-14 | ed. Brendan Connell | Snuggly Books | 978-1-64525-115-6 | $24.00?$: US dollar |
366 | 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 Room in the Tower and Other Stories | 2023-12-15 | E. F. Benson | Project Gutenberg | 72421 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
The Room in the Tower and Other Stories | 2024-01-15 | E. F. Benson | Faded Page | 20240126 | C$0.00?C$: Canadian dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories | date unknown | ed. Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert | Oxford University Press | 0-19-282666-2 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
504 | 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 | John Atkinson Grimshaw | |
Horrors, Horrors, Horrors | date unknown | ed. Helen Hoke | Franklin Watts | 0-531-02211-0 | 177 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Ginger Giles | ||
Great Ghost Stories | date unknown | ed. John Grafton | Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions) | 0-486-27270-2 | $1.50?$: US dollar |
viii+ 100 |
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 |
Reviews
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction