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Editor:	Christine Bernard
Title:	The 4th Fontana Book Of Great Horror Stories
Publisher:	Fontana
Country:	UK
Date:	Aug 1969
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Horror, Fantasy
Cat#:	2053
Total Editions:	2
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ppint. 4th Dec 2021		thank-you, david.



David Whiteley 4th Dec 2021		Added covers and contents page. All stories are reprints except "Looking for Something to Suck", "The Flesh is Weak" and "Young Blood", Others First published as follows: "The Doll", short story by Francis King. "The Brighton Belle and Other Stories". (1968). "The Idiots", short story by Joseph Conrad. The Savoy No. 6, October 1896. "Looking for Something to Suck", short story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes. First published Here. "The Head", short story by E. Nesbit as by Edith Bland. The Strand,vol 33, No. 197. May 1907. "Chains", short fiction by Nigel Kneale. "Tomato Cain and Other Stories". (1949). "The Empty House", short story by Algernon Blackwood. "The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories". (1906). "The Flesh is Weak", short story by Sydney J. Bounds. First published Here. "Seven Floors", short story by Dino Buzzati. Trans. of "Sette piani". La Lettura no. 3, 1937. First published in English in "Catastrophe: The Strange Stories of Dino Buzzati". (1965). "New Moon", short story by Malachi Whitaker. "Frost In April". (1929). "Mess", novelette by Francis King. "The Brighton Belle and Other Stories". (1968). "Young Blood", short story by Sydney J. Bounds. First published Here. "The Telegram", short story by Violet Hunt. "Tales of the Uneasy". (1911). "Mateo Falcone", short story by Prosper Mérimée. Trans. of "Mateo Falcone". Revue de Paris May 1829. First published in English in "Works of Prosper Mérimée". (1905).



ppint. 1st Jul 2020		wm collins sons fontana books imprint uk p/b first printing, first edition reprint anthology containing twelve short stories (3 appear to be original) and a novelette: cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 4/- (20p) 192pp. including 6pp. titles, indica etc, 4 end pp: 2 blank, 2pp. advertising



ppint. 30th Nov 2021		logically - don't laugh: publishers sometimes do act logically - beagle books'd've published mmpb editions of the second and the thrid fontana books of great horror stories in 10/1971 & 11/1971 respectawigglilly; unfortunately, berkley books had published a berkley medallion merkin mmpb of the thrid in january '71 - but it's possible either mmpbed the second, and maybe berkley medallionned the fifth & onwards - yr hmbl srppnt.'s no record of ever having seen such mmpbs - - do you have copies of them? (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 30th Nov 2021		intext beagle books beagle boxer imprint mmpb, first printing, first merkin edition cover art unsigned, reused with small textual additions from fontana imprint first edition cover price 95¢ 192pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising #1: ''the fontana book of great horror stories'' ed. christine bernard (1966), q.v. for series listing, and links. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Christine Bernard - The 4th Fontana Book Of Great Horror Stories - Beagle Boxer - Paperback - USA (1971)