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Title: The Extra Passenger Title Record # 63101
Author: August Derleth
Date: 1947-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A man uses a train ride as an alibi while he leaves the train to commit a murder, but his perfect plan is spoiled when he returns to his compartment to find somebody there who might have noticed his absence.
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1947 The Extra Passenger [as by Stephen Grendon]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Night Side 1947-00-00 ed. August Derleth Rinehart  
$3.50?$: US dollar
x+
372
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lee Brown Coye Checkmark
Weird Tales, January 1947 1947-01-00 ed. D. McIlwraith Weird Tales  
$0.15?$: US dollar
100
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 A. R. Tilburne Checkmark
Mr. George and Other Odd Persons 1963-00-00 Stephen Grendon Arkham House  
$4.00?$: US dollar
viii+
239
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Robert E. Hubbell Checkmark
Mr. George and Other Odd Persons 1964-07-00 August Derleth Belmont Books (Belmont Future Series) L92-594
$0.50?$: US dollar
176
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 Ralph Brillhart Checkmark
When Graveyards Yawn 1965-00-00 August Derleth Tandem T30
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).
176
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. F. Phillipps Checkmark
The Night Side 1966-11-00 ed. August Derleth Four Square Books 1657
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).
270
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 Josh Kirby  
More Tales to Tremble By 1968-00-00 ed. Stephen P. Sutton Whitman Publishing Company (Whitman Classics #1629) 1629
$0.89?$: US dollar
210
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gordon Laite  
The Gruesome Book 1983-02-00 ed. Ramsey Campbell Piccolo 0-330-26910-0
£1.00?£: UK pound
109
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 Ivan Lapper Checkmark
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  
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
That Is Not Dead: The Black Magic & Occult Stories by August Derleth 2009-02-24 August Derleth The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box & Arkham House & The August Derleth Society (The Macabre Quarto #3) 978-1-55246-815-9
C$30.00?C$: Canadian dollar
328
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 Matt Fox Checkmark
That Is Not Dead: The Black Magic & Occult Stories by August Derleth 2009-02-24 August Derleth The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box & Arkham House & The August Derleth Society (The Macabre Quarto #3) 978-1-55246-815-9   328
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Matt Fox Checkmark
Weird Tales 2012-00-00 ed. uncredited Pulp Classics on DVD      
other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.
anth Hannes Bok Checkmark
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
The Night Side date unknown ed. August Derleth Four Square Books 1657
A$0.80?A$: Australian dollar
270
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 Josh Kirby  
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