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Title: The Sanctuary Title Record # 742353
Author: E. F. Benson
Date: 1934-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A man inherits his uncle's house, which has a secret history of Satanism.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1976 The Sanctuary [as by Edward Frederick Benson]
Year Language Title
1970Translated by Dieter Stössel
German Das Heiligtum
1975 German Der Tempel des Bösen
1978Translated by Jacques Finné
French Le sanctuaire
1988Translated by Daniela Galdo and Gianni Pilo
Italian Il santuario

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
More Spook Stories 1934-00-00 E. F. Benson Hutchinson  
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).
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll P. Youngman Carter  
More Spook Stories 1935-00-00 E. F. Benson Hutchinson  
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).
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Medley Macabre: An Anthology of Stories of the Supernatural, Being Ghosts, Psychical Phenomena, Uncanny Mysteries 1966-00-00 ed. Bryan A. Netherwood Hammond, Hammond and Company  
30/-?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).
544
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Satanists 1969-08-00 ed. Peter Haining Neville Spearman 0-85435-040-3
25/-?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).
249
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Schwarze Messen: Dichtungen und Dokumente 1970-00-00 ed. Ulrich K. Dreikandt Hanser (Bibliotheca Dracula #7)  
DM 19.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
320
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Uwe Bremer  
The Satanists 1970-03-00 ed. Peter Haining Taplinger 0-8008-6995-8
$5.95?$: US dollar
249
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Rus Anderson  
The Satanists 1971-08-00 ed. Peter Haining Mayflower 0-583-11932-8
£0.30?£: UK pound
191
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
Medley Macabre: An Anthology of Stories of the Supernatural, Being Ghosts, Psychical Phenomena, Uncanny Mysteries 1972-00-00 ed. Bryan A. Netherwood Hammond, Hammond and Company 0-242-78533-6   544
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Satanists 1972-02-00 ed. Peter Haining Pyramid Books N2640
$0.95?$: US dollar
255
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 Elias Dominguez Checkmark
The Horror Horn and Other Stories: The Best Horror Stories of E. F. Benson 1974-00-00 E. F. Benson Panther 0-586-04096-X
£0.40?£: UK pound
205
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
The Second Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories 1974-11-00 ed. Michel Parry Mayflower 0-583-12333-3
£0.40?£: UK pound
205
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  
15 Satan-Stories 1975-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Heyne (Heyne-Anthologien #47) 3-453-45020-5
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
255
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
Phantasmagoria 1976-12-00 ed. Douglas Menville, R. Reginald Arno Press (Supernatural and Occult Fiction) 0-405-08152-9
$23.00?$: US dollar
[357]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
La chambre dans la tour 1978-00-00 E. F. Benson
Librairie des Champs-Élysées?Librairie des Champs-Elysees
(
Le Masque - Fantastique (2ème série)?Le Masque - Fantastique (2eme serie)
#7)
2-7024-0728-5   249
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 Tibor Csernus Checkmark
The Tale of an Empty House and Other Ghost Stories 1986-11-14 E. F. Benson Black Swan 0-552-99222-4
£3.95?£: UK pound
xi+
232
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 Julek Heller Checkmark
Storie di demoni 1988-09-00 ed. Domenico Cammarota Fanucci Editore (I Miti di Cthulhu #30) 88-347-0309-X
Lit 15,000?Lit: Italian lira
260
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 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 Checkmark
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  
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 Checkmark
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  
Sea Mist 2005-02-25 E. F. Benson Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-078-6
C$59.00?C$: Canadian dollar
xxxii+
342
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Douglas Walters  
Phantasmagoria 2008-08-30 ed. Douglas Menville, Robert Reginald Borgo Press / Wildside Press 978-0-941028-49-3
$34.95?$: US dollar
360
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Phantasmagoria 2008-08-30 ed. Douglas Menville, Robert Reginald Borgo Press / Wildside Press 978-0-941028-50-9
$19.95?$: US dollar
360
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  
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  
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