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Editor:	Christine Bernard
Title:	The Fontana Book Of Great Horror Stories
Publisher:	Fontana
Country:	UK
Date:	Feb 1966
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Horror, Fantasy
Cat#:	1232
Total Editions:	5
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ppint. 5th Dec 2021		wm collins sons fontana books imprint uk p/b first printing, first edition of this anthology reprint anthology of thirteen short stories and a novelette cover art unsigned, sfaik, uncredited, still as-yet unattributed cover price 3/6 (overseas territories' prices?) 224pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising



ppint. 5th Dec 2021		wm collins sons fontana books imprint uk p/b, thrid impression (printing), bears new cover art cover price 3/6 (overseas territories' prices?) 224pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc., end pp. advertising n.b. entered cat# is reported as being from a well-creased spine, and possibly misinterpreted/misread (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 5th Dec 2021		wm collins sons fontana books imprint uk p/b, second impression (printing) near-identical with first printing cover art unsigned, uncredited (?), retained from first edition (fontana boos first printing) cover price 3/6 (overseas territories' prices?) 224pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising (adverts may differ) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 30th Nov 2021		idiotppint.! the title incorporates horror stories, not ghost stories - that's a wholly different kiddle o'fush! - correction's been requested. yr hmbl srppnt.'s going to try getting some of this ''sleep'' stuff - (i'm told it works wonders...) edit 1/12/21 (12/1/21 for merkins, 2021/12/01 for big-endians/''colour book'' purists/traditionalists): and corrected by semi-divine intervention (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 30th Nov 2021		first intext publisher beagle books beagle boxer imprint mmpb, first merkin edition reprint licenced from wm collins sons & co./group, london & glasgow, uk. whose 1966 first fontana books imprint uk p/b printing is the first edition. this beagle boxer mmpb edition is therefore *decidedly not* the primary edition**. cover art unsigned, reused with small textual additions from fontana 8th impression (poss. also 7th, 6th, 5th, 4th and 3rd - ?) cover price 95¢ 224pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 29th Nov 2021		david: thank-you - & ''you're welcome''. - yr hmbl srppnt. can provide some of the contents' listings from another bibliographic source (or two), but has little or no direct personal knowledge in this area - or, for that intangible, diaphanous-appearing ectoplasmic matter, of, nor in, the armada ghost books' contents, q.v. - but can always go bug tony (up to a reasonable limit) for sight of any he currently has in stock of these series in the old pier bookshop - it's how i got much of the pan books of horror series listing details together for bookcat. . . - ''oh, hi, tony!''. . . (this comment is from another edition of this book)



David Whiteley 29th Nov 2021		Well here we go again. Only sixteen more to sort out. Thanks for the challenge, ppint. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



David Whiteley 29th Nov 2021		Added covers and contents page. All stories are reprints except "No Stronger Than a Flower" and "In the Steam Room". Others First published as follows: "The Squaw", short story by Bram Stoker. Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (Christmas annual Holly Leaves edition), December 2, 1893. "No Stronger Than a Flower", short story by Robert Aickman. First publised Here. "Tarnhelm", short story by Hugh Walpole. Liberty vol 6 No. 51, December 28, 1929, as 'Tarnhelm; or, The Death of my Uncle Robert" "The Gypsy", short story by Agatha Christie. "The Hound of Death and Other Stories". (1933). "A Case of Eavesdropping", short story by Algernon Blackwood. Pall Mall Magazine, Vol. XXII, No.92, December 1900. "The Pond", short story by Nigel Kneale. "Tomato Cain and Other Stories". (1949). "William and Mary", novelette by Roald Dahl. "Kiss Kiss". (1960). "The Two Vaynes", short story by L. P. Hartley. World Review, New Series No.22 ,December 1950. "The Next in Line", novelette by Ray Bradbury. "Dark Carnival". (1947) "In the Steam Room", short story by Frank Baker. First publised Here. "The Interlopers", short story by Saki. Bystander, January 17, 1912. "The Cat Jumps", short story by Elizabeth Bowen. "Shudders". (1929). "The Boarded Window", short story by Ambrose Bierce. The San Francisco Examiner, April 12, 1891, as "The Boarded Window: An Incident in the Life of an Ohio Pioneer". Revised for his collection "Tales of Soldiers and Civilians" (1892). [Which version is this?] "Marmalade Wine", short story by Joan Aiken. Suspense (UK), vol 1, No. 2. Sept 1958. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 28th Nov 2021		links from series listing to each individual title done. <fx: mentally puffed>hfff!!!</fx>. and checked. - time for another free refill of horrible tim martin's coffee... links back yet to fettle... 30/11/21 edit: #17-5 done... - and tested... 1/12/21 / 12/1/21 / 2012/12/01 edit: and #4-2 done and dust^W tested. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Jul 2020		mainly reprint horror anthology series just a little over half as horrific as its inspiration and main rival horror series from pan books, q.v. upon which it was modelled - perhaps - ? edited by christine bernard: #1: "the fontana book of great horror stories" (1966) (this book) #2: "the second fontana book of great horror stories" (1967), q.v. #3: "third fontana book of great horror stories" (1968), q.v. aka ''the third fontana book of great horror stories'' (merkin mmpb 1971), q.v. #4: "the 4th fontana book of great horror stories" (1969), q.v. edited by mary danby: #5: "the 5th fontana book of great horror stories" (1970), q.v. #6: "the 6th fontana book of great horror stories" (1971), q.v. #7: "the 7th fontana book of great horror stories" (1972), q.v. #8: "the 8th fontana book of great horror stories" (1973), q.v. #9: "the 9th fontana book of great horror stories" (1975), q.v. #10: "the 10th fontana book of great horror stories" (1977), q.v. #11: "the 11th fontana book of great horror stories" (1978), q.v. #12: "the 12th fontana book of great horror stories" (1979), q.v. #13: "the 13th fontana book of great horror stories" (1980), q.v. #14: "the 14th fontana book of great horror stories" (1981), q.v. #15: "the 15th fontana book of great horror stories" (1982), q.v. #16: "the 16th fontana book of great horror stories" (1983), q.v. #17: "the 17th fontana book of great horror stories" (1984), q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 1st Jul 2020		reprint anthology containing twelve short stories and two novelettes wm collins sons fontana imprint 2/1966 first printing, first edition cover art unsigned cover price 3/6 cat# 1232 (no sbn) 224pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising 3/1967 2nd impression cover price 3/6 no sbn 224pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising 3/1968 3rd impression; new cover art unsigned cover price 3/6 cat# 1748(?) no sbn 224pp. including titles, indica (with month dates for above printings) etc, end pp. advertising ... ... ... ... 8th impression (1/1975 ?) bears new cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 35p, australia $1.00, new zealand $1.05, canada $1.25 isbn 0-00-612293-0 cat# 2293 or 12293 theoretically, but collins group had ceased using non-sbn (or later, isbn) numbers in their ordering system long since - though iirc, they took care to ensure that the numbers left by dropping the (0-)006, (0-)586, (0-)583 (etc.) from their (i)sbns remained unique. 224pp. including 8pp. titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, 3 end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Christine Bernard - The Fontana Book Of Great Horror Stories - Fontana - Paperback - UK - 0006122930 (1975)

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Christine Bernard - The Fontana Book Of Great Horror Stories - Fontana - Paperback - UK (1968)