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Title: The Mannikin Title Record # 59524
Author: Robert Bloch
Date: 1937-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Current Tags: Cthulhu Mythos (1), horror (1), monsters (1), magic (1), occult (1), esotericism (1), hump (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1965 The Manikin
Year Language Title
1983Translated by François Truchaud.
French La créature de l'horreur
1991Translated by G. P. Sandri
Italian Il nano

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Weird Tales, April 1937 1937-04-00 ed. Farnsworth Wright Popular Fiction Publishing Co.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
132
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 Virgil Finlay Checkmark
Sleep No More: Twenty Masterpieces of Horror for the Connoisseur 1944-00-00 ed. August Derleth Farrar & Rinehart  
$2.50?$: US dollar
x+
374
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lee Brown Coye Checkmark
Sleep No More: Twenty Masterpieces of Horror for the Connoisseur 1944-00-00 ed. August Derleth Editions for the Armed Services R-33
$0.00?$: US dollar
x+
374
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 Lee Brown Coye  
The Opener of the Way 1945-00-00 Robert Bloch Arkham House  
$3.00?$: US dollar
xi+
309
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ronald Clyne Checkmark
Strange Tales, Second Selection 1946 1946-03-00 ed. uncredited Utopian Publications Ltd.  
-/9?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).
68
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 Alva Rogers  
Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper 1962-01-00 Robert Bloch Belmont Books L92-527
$0.50?$: 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.
coll Checkmark
Sleep No More 1964-12-00 ed. August Derleth Panther 1770
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).
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 Checkmark
Sleep No More 1965-00-00 ed. August Derleth Panther 1770
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).
188
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 House of the Hatchet and Other Tales of Horror 1965-00-00 Robert Bloch Tandem T19
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).
190
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.
coll Checkmark
Monster Mix 1968-06-00 ed. Robert Arthur Mayflower / Dell 5797
$0.60?$: US dollar
284
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 Oscar Liebman Checkmark
Monster Mix 1968-08-00 ed. Robert Arthur Mayflower / Dell 5797
$0.60?$: US dollar
284
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 Oscar Liebman Checkmark
The House of the Hatchet and Other Tales of Horror 1971-00-00 Robert Bloch Tandem 0-426-05637-X
£0.25?£: UK pound
190
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.
coll C. Achilleos Checkmark
The Seventh Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories 1972-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Fontana 0-00-612995-1
£0.25?£: UK pound
190
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 Opener of the Way 1974-04-00 Robert Bloch Neville Spearman 0-85978-006-6
£1.95?£: UK pound
xi+
309
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Opener of the Way 1976-05-00 Robert Bloch Panther 0-586-04221-0
£0.60?£: UK pound
172
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.
coll Anthony Roberts Checkmark
The Sixth Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories 1977-10-00 ed. Michel Parry Mayflower 0-583-12705-3
£0.60?£: UK pound
174
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 Edwards Checkmark
Mysteries of the Worm 1981-08-00 Robert Bloch Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. 0-89083-815-1
$2.95?$: US dollar
334
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.
coll Tom Barber Checkmark
Mysteries of the Worm 1981-08-00 Robert Bloch General Paperbacks 0-7737-8034-3
C$2.95?C$: Canadian dollar
334
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.
coll Tom Barber Checkmark
Le démon noir 1983-04-00 Robert Bloch Clancier-Guénaud (Au Troisième Oeil #1) 2-86215-042-8
F58.00?F: French frank
196
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 Catherine Guérif  
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
Realms of Darkness 1988-00-00 ed. uncredited Chartwell Books 1-55521-251-4   663
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Colui che apre la via 1991-11-00 Robert Bloch Mondadori (Omnibus) 88-04-35667-7
Lit 28,000?Lit: Italian lira
x+
386
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton  
Mysteries of the Worm 1993-10-00 Robert Bloch Chaosium (Cthulhu Cycle #2) 1-56882-012-7
$9.95?$: US dollar
iii+
263
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 Dreyfus Checkmark
The Early Fears 1994-03-00 Robert Bloch Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-12-7
$29.00?$: US dollar
514
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jon Arfstrom Checkmark
The Early Fears 1994-03-00 Robert Bloch Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-13-5
$60.00?$: US dollar
[11]+
514
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jon Arfstrom , Jon Arfstrom Checkmark
L'embarquement pour Arkham 1994-04-00 Robert Bloch Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5542) 2-266-00678-9   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.
coll W. Siudmak Checkmark
Mysteries of the Worm: Earle Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos 2009-06-00 Robert Bloch Chaosium (Call of Cthulhu Fiction #6037) 978-1-56882-176-4
$15.95?$: US dollar
xii+
288
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 Steven Gilberts Checkmark
Weird Tales (disc 4, part 1) 2019-00-00 ed. uncredited        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth  
The Essential Robert Bloch 2020-07-29 Robert Bloch Library and Archives Canada (Giants of Sci-Fi Collection) 978-1-77724-477-4
$14.99?$: US dollar
304
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 Boris Dolgov  
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