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Editor:	Kurt Singer
Title:	The Plague Of The Living Dead
Subtitle:	& More Tales Of The Uncanny
Publisher:	Sphere
Country:	UK
Date:	1970
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Fantasy
ISBN-10:	0722178549
Cat#:	78549
Total Editions:	2
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ppint. 12th Mar 2022		sphere books first p/b printing, first p/b edition, first thus reprint anthology of five short stories, two novelettes and a novella: half of ''tales of the uncanny'' ed. kurt singer (w. h. allen, london 1968), q.v. which contains ten short stories, four novelettes and one novella: the other half being published as ''the oblong box: & other tales of the uncanny'' (sphere 1970), q.v. cover art unsigned, uncredited (save for agency) cover price 5/- 160pp. including titles, indica, etc, end pp. contents: the plague of the living dead (novella) a. hyatt verrill (amazing vol.2 #1, 4/1927) the mask (short story) robert w. chambers (1895) (from ''the king in yellow'' robert w. chambers (1895)) the affair at 7, rue de m--- (ss) john steinbeck (harpers bazaar 4/1955) under the hau tree (ss) katherine yates (weird tales vol.6 #5, 11/1925) the strange ride of morrowbie jukes (novelette) rudyard kipling (quartette christmas/1885) the abyss (ss) robert a. w. lowndes (startling stories vol.1 #1, 2/1941) fever dream (ss) ray bradbury (weird tales vol.40 #6, 9/1948) spawn of the green abyss (ntte) c. hall thompson (weird tales vol.39 #8, 11/1946)



ppint. 22nd Mar 2022		ace/stoneshire imprint uk p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition reprint anthology of five short stories, two novelettes and a novella half of the reprint anthology, ''tales of the uncanny'' ed. kurt singer (1968), q.v. see 1970 sphere books uk p/b ''primary edition'' for the contents of this derived anthology cover art unsigned, uncredited, seemingly stolen from the sphere books first uk edition, q.v. cover price £1.95, $4.50 australia 160pp. including titles, indica (ha!) etc, end pp. there is no reason to believe that this edition was ever circulated for sale via the retail trade in the uk at the cover price save perhaps - very briefly - to the distributing news wholesaler's own direct accounts; lacking any cat#, sbn or isbn, it was not individually re-orderable and was quite possibly only ever distributed as an instant remainder, multiple copies of each title in a carton of assorted remainder p/bs. there is as-yet no report of its ever having been distributed by way of trade as a new book at the cover price indicated in xxxxia either - nor, indeed, anywhere at all. . . (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Kurt Singer - The Plague Of The Living Dead - Ace/Stoneshire Books - Paperback - UK (1984)