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Title: The Wishing-Well Title Record # 86599
Author: E. F. Benson
Date: 1929-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A woman makes use of a wishing well to cast a malicious spell.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1974Translated by Maikell Michael.
German Der Wunschbrunnen

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Hutchinson's Magazine, February 1929 1929-02-00 ed. Editors of Hutchinson's Magazine        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Weird Tales, July 1929 1929-07-00 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 C. C. Senf Checkmark
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  
A Wave of Fear 1973-10-00 ed. Hugh Lamb W. H. Allen 0-491-01241-1
£2.50?£: UK pound
253
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bob Marchant  
A Wave of Fear 1974-00-00 ed. Hugh Lamb Taplinger 0-8008-8063-3
$7.95?$: US dollar
253
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Rus Anderson  
16 Grusel-Stories 1974-00-00 ed. Hugh Lamb Heyne (Heyne-Anthologien #41) 3-453-45014-0
DM 5.80?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
A Wave of Fear 1976-00-00 ed. Hugh Lamb Coronet 0-340-20810-4
£0.80?£: UK pound
253
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 Alan Lee  
Alfred Hitchcock's Witch's Brew 1977-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Random House 0-394-83592-1
$?$: US dollar
171
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stephen Marchesi  
Alfred Hitchcock's Witch's Brew 1983-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Random House 0-394-85911-1
$2.50?$: US dollar
viii+
183
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 Ron DiScenza  
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  
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  
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