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Title: Blind Man's Buff Title Record # 95434
Author: H. Russell Wakefield
Date: 1929-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Current Tags: ghosts (1), horror (1), haunted house (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1929 Blind Man's Bluff [as by H. R. Wakefield]
1929 Blind Man's Buff [as by H. R. Wakefield]
1937 Blind Man's Buff [as by Sir H. Russell Wakefield]
Year Language Title
1971Translated by Walter Brumm
German Das Gespensterschloß [as by H. R. Wakefield]
1974Translated by Maikell Michael.
German Niemand geht zum Herrenhaus [as by H. R. Wakefield]
2000Translated by Julián Díez.
Spanish Gallinita ciega [as by Herbert Russell Wakefield]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Others Who Returned 1929-00-00 H. R. Wakefield D. Appleton & Company  
$2.00?$: US dollar
274
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Old Man's Beard: Fifteen Disturbing Tales 1929-04-00 H. R. Wakefield Geoffrey Bles  
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).
v+
278
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Old Man's Beard: Fifteen Disturbing Tales 1930-00-00 H. R. Wakefield Geoffrey Bles  
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).
v+
278
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Ghost Stories 1932-00-00 H. R. Wakefield Jonathan Cape (Florin Books #35)  
2/-?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  
Ghost Stories 1935-11-00 H. R. Wakefield Jonathan Cape (Florin Books)  
2/-?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  
Fifty Masterpieces of Mystery 1937-07-00 ed. uncredited Odhams Press     768
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Masters of Horror 1968-04-00 ed. Alden H. Norton Berkley Medallion X1497
$0.60?$: 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.
anth Checkmark
Ein Totenschädel aus Zucker 1971-00-00 ed. Alden H. Norton Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #867) 867
DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
143
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 M. Schmatz Checkmark
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  
Ghost Stories 1976-12-00 H. R. Wakefield Arno Press (Supernatural and Occult Fiction) 0-405-08173-1
$16.00?$: US dollar
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Undesirable Properties: Thirteen Haunted Houses 1977-01-00 ed. Peter C. Smith William Kimber 0-7183-0275-3
£3.95?£: UK pound
216
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ionicus  
The Best Ghost Stories of H. Russell Wakefield 1978-00-00 H. Russell Wakefield John Murray 0-7195-3493-3
£4.95?£: UK pound
232
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Fourteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories 1981-07-00 ed. Mary Danby Fontana 0-00-616196-0
£1.00?£: UK pound
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  
Ghosts: A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old and New 1981-10-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Doubleday 0-385-18506-5
$13.95?$: US dollar
xviii+
652
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Edward Gorey  
The Best Ghost Stories of H. Russell Wakefield 1982-00-00 H. Russell Wakefield Academy Chicago 0-89733-065-X
$14.95?$: US dollar
232
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Best Ghost Stories of H. Russell Wakefield 1982-00-00 H. Russell Wakefield Academy Chicago 0-89733-066-8
$5.95?$: US dollar
232
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
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
Ghosts: A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old and New 1982-05-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Doubleday / SFBC 5905
$6.98?$: US dollar
xviii+
652
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Edward Gorey 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
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  
Dark Banquet: A Feast of Twelve Great Ghost Stories 1985-12-17 ed. Lincoln Child St. Martin's Press 0-312-18233-3
$15.95?$: US dollar
255
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Janet Tingey Checkmark
A Classic Collection of Haunting Ghost Stories 1993-10-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Little, Brown UK 0-316-90565-8
£15.99?£: UK pound
xvi+
381
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
A Classic Collection of Haunting Ghost Stories 1994-10-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Warner Books UK 0-7515-0968-X
£5.99?£: UK pound
xvi+
381
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 Ashley Pearce  
Old Man's Beard: Fifteen Disturbing Tales 1996-08-07 H. R. Wakefield Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-12-5
£19.00?£: UK pound
xxi+
146
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paul Lowe  
The Young Oxford Book of Supernatural Stories 1996-09-00 ed. Dennis Pepper Oxford University Press 0-19-278146-4
£12.99?£: UK pound
viii+
216
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Rob Judges , Slatter-Anderson  
The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories 1996-10-00 ed. Michael Cox Oxford University Press 0-19-214260-7
£17.99?£: UK pound
xx+
425
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth David Inshaw  
The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories 1996-10-00 ed. Michael Cox Oxford University Press 0-19-214260-7
$25.00?$: US dollar
xix+
425
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth David Inshaw  
Great Ghost Stories 1997-00-00 ed. Editors of Reader's Digest Reader's Digest 0-276-42330-5   528
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Robert Wheeler (artist)  
The Young Oxford Book of Supernatural Stories 1998-09-00 ed. Dennis Pepper Oxford University Press 0-19-278157-X
£6.99?£: UK pound
viii+
216
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 Rob Judges , Slatter-Anderson  
Gigamesh, 28, December 2000 2000-12-00 ed.
Julián Díez?Julian Diez
Gigamesh  
Pta 595?Pta: Spanish peseta
64
A5?14.8 cm by 21 cm or 5.8" by 8.3" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
mag Jose Villarrubia  
The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 2005: Haven't I Read This Before? 2006-02-28 ed. Jack Adrian Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-087-5
C$50.00?C$: Canadian dollar
xxxiv+
214
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Rob Suggs  
The Day They Hanged My Best Friend Jimmy... And 21 Other Weird Tales to Get You Through the Coldest Nights 2009-06-09 ed. Barry J. Gillis Tangled Vines Press 978-0-9685937-7-6
$15.95?$: US dollar
366
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 Dieric Bouts Checkmark
Old Man's Beard: Fifteen Disturbing Tales 2011-11-27 H. R. Wakefield Ash-Tree Press 978-1-55310-138-3
$6.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Paul Lowe  
Masters of Horror date unknown ed. Alden H. Norton Berkley Medallion X1497
$0.60?$: 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.
anth Checkmark
Masters of Horror date unknown ed. Alden H. Norton Berkley Medallion 0-425-02892-5
$0.95?$: 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.
anth Checkmark
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