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Title: Levitation Title Record # 64339
Author: Joseph Payne Brennan
Date: 1958-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A volunteer from the audience at a hypnosis show in a traveling carnival encounters some terrible luck.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1958 The Rising Man
Year Language Title
1973Translated by Jürgen Abel
German Der Mann, der aufstieg
1978 Italian Levitazione
1988
  • Translated by Gavrilo Vučković
Serbian Levitacija [as by Džozef P. Brenan]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Nine Horrors and a Dream 1958-00-00 Joseph Payne Brennan Arkham House  
$3.00?$: US dollar
120
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Frank Utpatel Checkmark
Nine Horrors and a Dream 1962-00-00 Joseph Payne Brennan Ballantine Books 587
$0.35?$: US dollar
121
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Stories Not for the Nervous 1965-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Random House  
$5.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
363
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Stories Not for the Nervous 1966-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Max Reinhardt  
20/-?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).
384
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Stories NOT for the Nervous (abridged) 1966-10-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 8288
$0.50?$: US dollar
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 Glenn Adams  
Stories NOT for the Nervous (abridged) 1967-05-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 8288
$0.50?$: US dollar
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 Glenn Adams  
Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural 1968-00-00 ed. Henry Mazzeo Doubleday 0-385-09373-X
$4.50?$: US dollar
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ted Gorey Checkmark
Stories Not for the Nervous: Part One 1968-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Pan Books 02195
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).
187
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  
Stories NOT for the Nervous (abridged) 1968-03-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 8288
$0.50?$: US dollar
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 Glenn Adams  
Stories NOT for the Nervous (abridged) 1968-10-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 8288
$0.50?$: US dollar
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 Glenn Adams Checkmark
The Freak Show 1970-03-19 ed. Peter Haining Rapp & Whiting 0-85391-146-0
32/-?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).
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Stories NOT for the Nervous (abridged) 1970-05-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 8288
$0.50?$: US dollar
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 Glenn Adams Checkmark
Stories NOT for the Nervous (abridged) 1970-08-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 8288
$0.75?$: US dollar
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 Glenn Adams Checkmark
The Freak Show 1971-03-26 ed. Peter Haining Corgi 0-552-08646-0
£0.30?£: UK pound
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
The Seventh Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1971-12-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 0-00-612789-4
£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 Freak Show 1972-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Thomas Nelson 0-8407-6244-5   239
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jim Souder  
Ungeheuer 1973-12-00 ed. Peter Haining Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Taschenbücher #1417) 3-436-01806-6
DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
245
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 Klaus Endrikat , Wenn Checkmark
Stories Not for the Nervous: Part One 1974-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Pan Books 0-330-02195-8
£0.30?£: UK pound
187
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
Ungeheuer 1974-07-00 ed. Peter Haining Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Taschenbücher #1417) 3-436-01806-6
DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
245
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 Klaus Endrikat , Wenn Checkmark
The Seventh Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1975-04-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 0-00-613926-4
£0.45?£: 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  
Dying of Fright: Masterpieces of the Macabre 1976-00-00 ed. Les Daniels Charles Scribner's Sons 0-684-14624-X
$12.95?$: US dollar
x+
271
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lee Brown Coye Checkmark
Ungeheuer 1976-07-00 ed. Peter Haining Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Taschenbücher #1417) 3-436-01806-6
DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
245
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 Klaus Endrikat , Wenn Checkmark
Eerie, Weird and Wicked 1977-00-00 ed. Helen Hoke Thomas Nelson 0-8407-6554-1
$6.95?$: US dollar
159
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Judith K. Leeds  
Eerie, Weird and Wicked 1977-04-00 ed. Helen Hoke J. M. Dent 0-460-06704-4
£3.95?£: UK pound
154
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Alex Brychta  
Il 2º libro dell'orrore 1978-06-00 ed. Francesco Franconeri Mondadori (Omnibus) 15501-9
Lit 6,500?Lit: Italian lira
454
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Karel Thole  
The Seventh Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1979-03-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 0-00-613926-4
£0.70?£: 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 Checkmark
Weird Worlds, #6 1980-00-00 ed. Bob Stine, Jane Stine Scholastic 0-590-31877-2   40
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag Lucasfilm, Ltd. Checkmark
Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, November 1982 1982-11-00 ed. T. E. D. Klein TZ Publications, Inc.  
$2.00?$: US dollar
104
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag Bruce Heapps Checkmark
Mischief-Makers 1984-00-00 ed. Steve Bowles Collins Educational (Collins Choices #1) 0-00-330201-6   109
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 Fiona Pragoff  
Zona sumraka 1988-00-00 ed.
Milorad Grujić?Milorad Grujic
Književna zajednica Novog Sada (Biblioteka Atlantis) 86-7331-065-2   131
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 David Klein Checkmark
Tales from the Darkside: Volume One 1988-10-00 ed. Tom Allen (1938-1988), Mitchell Galin Berkley Books 0-425-11095-8
$3.50?$: US dollar
248
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
Nine Horrors and a Dream 2019-06-12 Joseph Payne Brennan Dover Publications 978-0-486-83419-1
$9.95?$: US dollar
112
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  
Nine Horrors and a Dream 2019-06-12 Joseph Payne Brennan Dover Publications 978-0-486-84072-7
$9.95?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Eerie, Weird and Wicked date unknown ed. Helen Hoke Thomas Nelson 0-8407-6554-1
$6.95?$: US dollar
159
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Judith K. Leeds Checkmark
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