Title: The Phantom Bus
Title Record # 86751
Author: W. Elwyn Backus
Date: 1930-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: W. Elwyn Backus
Date: 1930-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: After his fiance is killed in a bus crash, a man begins to see a black bus, and to dream of boarding it.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weird Tales, September 1930 | 1930-09-00 | 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 |  |
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| Creeps by Night: Chills and Thrills | 1931-09-00 | ed. Dashiell Hammett | John Day | $2.50?$: US dollar |
525 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Modern Tales of Horror | 1932-07-00 | ed. Dashiell Hammett | Gollancz | 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). |
448 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Creeps by Night: Chills and Thrills | 1944-01-00 | ed. Dashiell Hammett | Forum Books / World Publishing Co. | $1.00?$: US dollar |
525 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| Terror at Night | 1947-00-00 | ed. Herbert Williams | Avon Book Co. (New Avon Library #110) | 110 | $0.25?$: US dollar |
194 | 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 | George Mayers | |
| The Red Brain and Other Thrillers | 1961-00-00 | ed. Dashiell Hammett | Belmont Books | 239 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
141 | 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 Red Brain and Other Thrillers | 1965-09-00 | ed. Dashiell Hammett | Four Square Books | 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). |
159 | 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 | |
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| Vivono di notte. 18 racconti dell'orrore | 1990-09-00 | ed. Dashiell Hammett | Mondadori (Omnibus) | 88-04-34172-6 | Lit 25,000?Lit: Italian lira |
382 | 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 | |
| Urania #1497 Supplement | 2005-04-00 | ed. Giuseppe Lippi | Mondadori | 1497 Supplement | €4.10?€: Euro |
298 | 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. |
mag | Franco Brambilla | |
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |