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Title: The Dancing Partner

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Title: The Dancing Partner Title Record # 94205
Author: Jerome K. Jerome
Date: 1928-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: pseudopod.org
Language: English
Note: Excerpted from Jerome's non-genre novel Novel Notes where it is the second half of Chapter XI. The serialization of that chapter first appeared in the March 1893 issue of The Idler.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1951 The Dancing-Partner
Year Language Title
1958Translated by an unknown hand.
Spanish La pareja de baile
1959Translated by Max Schuchart
Dutch De danspartner
1965Translated by Odette Ferry.
French Un cavalier accompli
1966Translated by Dorin A. Groza
Romanian
Un cavaler desăvîrșit?Un cavaler desavirsit
Un cavaler desavarsit
1978Translated by Rudolf Mühlstrasser.
German Der Tanzpartner [as by Jorome K. Jerome]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1928-09-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
8/6?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).
1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Omnibus of Crime 1929-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Harcourt, Brace & Company  
$3.00?$: US dollar
1177
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1929-04-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Omnibus of Crime 1929-08-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Payson & Clarke  
$3.00?$: US dollar
1177
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1930-05-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers 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).
1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1930-09-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1931-08-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1932-06-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1933-01-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1933-12-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Evening Standard Book of Strange 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).
1020
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries 1936-00-00 ed. John R. Crossland, J. M. Parrish Odhams Press     766
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Omnibus of Crime 1937-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Garden City Publishing Co.     1177
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection: Part II, Mystery and Horror 1939-07-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
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).
619
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Famous Fantastic Mysteries, March 1951 1951-03-00 ed. Mary Gnaedinger All-Fiction Field, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
116
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 Checkmark
Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV 1957-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Simon & Schuster  
$3.95?$: US dollar
372
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  
12 Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV 1958-06-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell D231
$0.35?$: US dollar
224
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  
Verhalen die Hitchcock koos 1959-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Het Spectrum (Prisma #425) 425   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.
anth R. van Giffen  
Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV 1960-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Pan Books (Pan Giant) X71
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).
378
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 S. R. Boldero  
12 Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV 1964-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 3645
$0.50?$: US dollar
224
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  
Histoires abominables 1965-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche #1108-1109)     446
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
From Frankenstein to Andromeda 1966-00-00 ed. J. G. Brown Macmillan UK  
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).
vi+
150
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  
Colecția "Povestiri științifico-fantastice", #287?Colectia "Povestiri stiintifico-fantastice", #287
1966-11-01 ed. Adrian Rogoz
Știință & Tehnică?Shtiintsa & Tehnicah
 
Lei 1?Lei: Romanian leu
32
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 Victor Wegemann  
Famous Monster Tales 1967-00-00 ed. Basil Davenport Van Nostrand Reinhold 1983
$4.75?$: US dollar
201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Thomas Ruzicka Checkmark
Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV 1967-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Pan Books M251   378
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 S. R. Boldero  
The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1969-12-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 2099
4/-?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).
224
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 Monster Makers 1974-05-00 ed. Peter Haining Gollancz 0-575-01729-5
£1.80?£: UK pound
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth David Smee  
The Monster Makers: Creators and Creations of Fantasy and Horror 1974-09-00 ed. Peter Haining Taplinger 0-8008-5324-5
$7.95?$: US dollar
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1975-00-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 0-00-613700-8   224
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  
Histoires abominables 1975-03-03 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Policier #1108) 2253009955   446
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 Checkmark
The Rivals of Frankenstein: A Gallery of Monsters 1977-00-00 ed. Michel Parry Corgi Books 0-552-10465-5
£0.70?£: UK pound
222
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 John Holmes Checkmark
Creepies, Creepies, Creepies 1977-00-00 ed. Helen Hoke Franklin Watts (Terrific Triples) 0-531-01323-5
$6.95?$: US dollar
xii+
178
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Creepies: A Covey of Quiver-and-Quaver Tales 1978-00-00 ed. Helen Hoke Franklin Watts 0-85166-656-6
£3.95?£: UK pound
xii+
178
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bill Prosser  
Frankensteins Rivalen 1978-10-10 ed. Michel Parry Pabel (Vampir Taschenbuch #66) VTB66
DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
161
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 Checkmark
The Rivals of Frankenstein: A Gallery of Monsters 1980-00-00 ed. Michel Parry Barnes & Noble Books 0-06-465105-3
$1.95?$: US dollar
213
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 Fred Charles Checkmark
The Haunted Dolls 1980-00-00 ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley Doubleday 0-385-15654-5
$10.95?$: US dollar
x+
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Fred Marcellino  
The Haunted Dolls 1980-06-00 ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley Doubleday 0-385-15363-5
$10.95?$: US dollar
x+
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Fred Marcellino  
The Dracula Book of Great Horror Stories 1981-00-00 ed. Leslie Shepard Citadel Press 0-8065-0765-9
$6.95?$: US dollar
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1981-06-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 0-00-613700-8
£0.95?£: UK pound
224
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  
65 Great Spine Chillers 1982-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Octopus Books 0-86273-045-7
£4.95?£: UK pound
670
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
65 Great Spine Chillers 1982-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Octopus Books / Marks and Spencer 0-86273-045-7   670
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Steve Crisp Checkmark
65 Great Spine Chillers 1983-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Octopus Books 0-86273-045-7   670
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Dracula Book of Great Horror Stories 1983-00-00 ed. Leslie Shepard Citadel Press 0-8065-0859-0
$6.95?$: US dollar
288
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  
65 Great Spine Chillers 1985-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Octopus Books 0-7064-1848-4
$8.95?$: US dollar
672
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Handle with Care 1985-00-00 ed. Joan Kahn Greenwillow Books / William Morrow 0-688-04663-0
$10.25?$: US dollar
xii+
209
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
101 Science Fiction Stories 1986-06-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, Jenny-Lynn Waugh Avenel Books 0-517-60669-0
$7.98?$: US dollar
xvii+
651
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Romas  
Stories in the Dark: Tales of Terror by Jerome K. Jerome, Robert Barr and Barry Pain 1989-00-00 ed. Hugh Lamb William Kimber 0-7183-0711-9   224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Stories in the Dark: Tales of Terror by Jerome K. Jerome, Robert Barr and Barry Pain 1989-07-00 ed. Hugh Lamb Equation 1-85336-092-9
£3.50?£: UK pound
223
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  
Great Tales of the Supernatural 1991-00-00 ed. uncredited Chancellor Press 1-85152-107-0   641
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Famous Fantastic Mysteries 1991-08-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Gramercy Books 0-517-05577-5
$10.00?$: US dollar
xiii+
449
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Virgil Finlay Checkmark
The Dracula Book of Great Horror Stories 1991-11-00 ed. Leslie Shepard Carol Paperbacks / Carol Publishing Group 0-8216-2505-5
$4.50?$: US dollar
288
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 Es Rouya  
The Giant Book of Science Fiction Stories 1992-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, Jenny-Lynn Waugh Magpie Books 1-85487-150-1
£3.99?£: UK pound
xvii+
651
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
The Dracula Book of Classic Horror Stories 1992-07-00 ed. Leslie Shepard Robert Hale 0-7090-4843-2
£14.95?£: UK pound
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Helen Hale  
Mysteries: A Classic Collection 1994-00-00 ed. uncredited Bracken Books 1-85891-154-0
£5.99?£: UK pound
606
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  
Horror Stories 1995-09-00 ed. Susan Price Kingfisher (US) 1-85697-592-4
$6.95?$: US dollar
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 Mark Taylor  
Horror Stories 1995-09-00 ed. Susan Price Kingfisher 1-85697-187-2
£4.99?£: UK pound
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 Mark Taylor  
100 Tiny Tales of Terror 1996-09-00 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0140-7
$7.98?$: US dollar
x+
565
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Cheryl Knippenburg Checkmark
Horror Stories 1998-00-00 ed. Susan Price Kingfisher 1-85697-187-2
£4.99?£: UK pound
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 Les Edwards Checkmark
Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV 2002-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Amereon House  
$3.95?$: US dollar
viii+
302
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Ghost Stories 2002-00-00 ed. uncredited Chancellor Press 0-7537-0572-9   641
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
Horror Stories 2005-06-00 ed. Susan Price Kingfisher 0-7534-1154-7
£5.99?£: UK pound
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 Les Edwards  
The Dark Side: Truly Terrifying Tales 2007-11-00 ed. Susan Price Kingfisher (US) 978-0-7534-6143-3
$6.95?$: US dollar
269
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 John Clucas Checkmark
Scientific Romance: An International Anthology of Pioneering Science Fiction 2017-01-18 ed. Brian Stableford Dover Publications 978-0-486-80837-6
$14.95?$: US dollar
xii+
337
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  
Three Men in the Dark: Tales of Terror by Jerome K. Jerome, Barry Pain & Robert Barr 2018-04-03 ed. Hugh Lamb HarperCollins 978-0-00-824905-2
$12.99?$: US dollar
320
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  
Robots & Artificial Intelligence Short Stories 2018-11-19 ed. uncredited Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78664-804-4
£20.00?£: UK pound
480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
We, Robots 2020-12-10 ed. Simon Ings Ad Astra / Head of Zeus 978-1-78954-092-5
£8.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
We, Robots 2020-12-10 ed. Simon Ings Ad Astra / Head of Zeus 978-1-78954-091-8
£30.00?£: UK pound
1032
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
We, Robots 2021-12-09 ed. Simon Ings Apollo / Head of Zeus 978-1-80024-971-4
£18.00?£: UK pound
1032
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  
Pseudopod, #870 2023-06-18 ed. Shawn Garrett, Alex Hofelich Escape Artists, Inc.  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
mag Checkmark
101 Science Fiction Stories date unknown ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, Jenny-Lynn Waugh Avenel Books 0-517-60669-0
$7.98?$: US dollar
651
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Romas Checkmark
Verhalen die Hitchcock koos date unknown ed. Alfred Hitchcock Het Spectrum (Prisma #425) 425   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.
anth R. van Giffen Checkmark
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