Title: The Hanging of Alfred Wadham
Title Record # 86586
Author: E. F. Benson
Date: 1928-12-21
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: E. F. Benson
Date: 1928-12-21
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in the magazine Britannia, December 21, 1928.
Synopsis: A priest learns in confession that a murderer about to be executed is innocent, but cannot act on the knowledge.
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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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| Shudders | 1929-00-00 | ed. Cynthia Asquith | Charles Scribner's Sons | $2.00?$: US dollar |
268 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Shudders | 1929-00-00 | ed. Cynthia Asquith | 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). |
287 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Weird Tales, August 1929 | 1929-08-00 | ed. Farnsworth Wright | Popular Fiction Publishing Co. | $0.25?$: US dollar |
148 | 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 | Hugh Rankin |  |
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| Shudders | 1931-00-00 | ed. Cynthia Asquith | Hutchinson | 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). |
287 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| 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 | ||
| A Century of Creepy Stories | 1934-00-00 | ed. uncredited | Hutchinson | 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). |
xi+ 1178 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| 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 | |||
| And the Darkness Falls | 1946-04-00 | ed. Boris Karloff | World Publishing Co. | $2.75?$: US dollar |
ix+ 631 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Antología de cuentos de misterio y terror | 1958-00-00 | ed. Juan José López Ibor | Editorial Labor (Grandes Antologías Labor) |
xxxi+ 1319+ [5] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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 | |
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| 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 | ||
| Creepy Stories: A Classic Collection | 1994-00-00 | ed. uncredited | Bracken Books | 1-85891-136-2 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
[vi]+ 614 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Image Colour Library | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Weird Tales (disc 2) | 2019-00-00 | ed. uncredited | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
anth |
Reviews
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction