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Title: The Candle

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Title: The Candle Title Record # 87777
Author: Ray Bradbury
Date: 1942-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: In his introduction to The Best of Henry Kuttner (1975), Bradbury stated that the last 300 words of this story were written by Kuttner.
Synopsis: A desperate man comes across an unusual candle that will allow him to end the life of the man with whom his wife is about to run off.
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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Weird Tales, November 1942 1942-11-00 ed. D. McIlwraith Weird Tales  
$0.15?$: US dollar
132
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 Richard Bennett Checkmark
The First Book of Unknown Tales of Horror 1976-06-00 ed. Peter Haining Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-98318-3
£3.95?£: UK pound
184
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The First Book of Unknown Tales of Horror 1976-10-00 ed. Peter Haining Mews Books 0-452-00042-4
£0.50?£: UK pound
128
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 Tony Masero  
The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: A Critical Edition: Volume I: 1938-1943 2011-04-00 Ray Bradbury Kent State University Press 978-1-60635-071-3
$65.00?$: US dollar
xlvi+
498
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Weird Tales (disc 5) 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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