Title: Big Surprise
Title Record # 93420
Author: Richard Matheson
Date: 1959-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Richard Matheson
Date: 1959-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine as "What Was in the Box"
riddle story; $25 given to the reader with the best answer to what was in the box.
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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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| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1959 | 1959-04-00 | ed. Editors of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Davis Publications | $0.35?$: US dollar |
130 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | |||
| Shock II | 1964-10-00 | Richard Matheson | Dell | 7829 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
192 | 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 |  |
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| Shock II | 1965-00-00 | Richard Matheson | Corgi | GN7289 | 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). |
157 | 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 | Josh Kirby | |
| Shock II | 1969-00-00 | Richard Matheson | Organizacion Editorial Novaro (Nova Dell #107) | 189 | 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 | ||||
| Uncanny | 1974-00-00 | ed. Bryan A. Netherwood | Blackie & Son | 0-216-89725-4 | £2.50?£: UK pound |
x+ 306 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Shock 2 | 1978-00-00 | Richard Matheson | Sphere | 0-7221-5896-3 | £0.85?£: UK pound |
157 | 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 | |
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| Shock II | 1979-07-00 | Richard Matheson | Berkley Books | 0-425-04158-1 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
180 | 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 | Murray Tinkelman | |
| Shock 2 | 1984-07-23 | Richard Matheson | Mondadori (Oscar #1776) | 24807-0 | Lit 4,500?Lit: Italian lira |
160 | 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 | Paolo Tassinari , Pierpaolo Vetta | |
| Une aiguille en plein cœur | 1986-03-00 | Richard Matheson | Néo (Fantastique / Science-fiction / Aventures #166) | 2-7304-0369-8 | 197 | 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 | Jean-Michel Nicollet | ||
| Rod Serling's Night Gallery Reader | 1987-12-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Carol Serling, Charles G. Waugh | Dembner Books | 0-934878-93-5 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
x+ 326 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| Richard Matheson: Collected Stories | 1989-09-00 | Richard Matheson | Dream/Press | 0-910489-10-6 | $125?$: US dollar |
xxii+ 889 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
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| Richard Matheson: Collected Stories | 1989-09-00 | Richard Matheson | Dream/Press | 0-910489-10-6 | $25.00?$: US dollar |
xxii+ 899 |
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 | William Stout | |
| Richard Matheson: Collected Stories | 1989-09-00 | Richard Matheson | Dream/Press | 0-910489-10-6 | $?$: US dollar |
xxii+ 889 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
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| Nursery Crimes | 1993-06-00 | ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg | Barnes & Noble Books | 1-56619-101-7 | $9.98?$: US dollar |
xii+ 560 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | John Tierney | |
| Shock prima parte | 2000-10-00 | Richard Matheson | Mondadori (Millemondi (quarterly) #27) | Lit 9,900?Lit: Italian lira |
346 | 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 | Jacopo Bruno | ||
| Le pays de l'ombre | 2000-11-00 | Richard Matheson | Flammarion (Imagine) | 2-08-067742-X | F85.00?F: French frank |
341 | 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 | Sofiane Tilikete | |
| Nouvelles: Tome II - 1953-1959 | 2003-10-03 | Richard Matheson | J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Fantastique #6759) | 2-290-32969-X | 509 | 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 | Jean Lecointre | ||
| The Best of Richard Matheson | 2017-10-10 | Richard Matheson | Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics) | 978-0-14-313017-8 | $17.00?$: US dollar |
xviii+ 408 |
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 | Daniel Danger | |
| The Best of Richard Matheson | 2017-10-10 | Richard Matheson | Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) | 978-1-101-99366-8 | $11.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Daniel Danger |