In his foreword to the 50th anniversary edition of The Pan Book of Horror Stories volume one, Johhny Mains writes, the covers of The third, fourth, fifth and seventh books were all painted by the little known William Francis Phillips.
All stories first published here except where noted.
"The Man Who Hated Flies", short story by Charles J. Benfleet.
"The Thing", short story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes.
"The Return", short story by G. M. Glaskin.
"The Bats", short story by David Grant.
"The Fur Brooch", short story by Dulcie Gray.
"Dream House", short story by Dulcie Gray.
"The Streets of Ashkelon", short story by Harry Harrison. First published in New Worlds Science Fiction, Vol 41, No 122, September 1962 as "The Streets of Ashkalon".
"The Snail Watcher", short story by Patricia Highsmith. First published in Gamma, vol 2, No 1, June 1964.
"The Monkey's Paw", short story by W. W. Jacobs. First published in Harper's Monthly Magazine, September 1902.
"The Last Experiment", short story by John Keefauver as by John D. Keefauver.
"Mareta", short story by John Keefauver as by John D. Keefauver.
"I'll Never Leave You - Ever", short story by Rene Morris.
"A Smell of Fear", short story by William Sansom. First published in Winter's Tales No. 8, 1962.
"The Little Room", short story by William Sansom. First published in Life and Letters Today, January 1945.
"Street of the Blind Donkey", short story by Rosemary Timperley.
"Cannibals", short story by Martin Waddell.
"The Old Adam", short story by Martin Waddell.
"The Island of Regrets", novelette by Elizabeth Walter. First published in "Snowfall and Other Chilling Events" (1965).
"Never Talk to Strangers", short story by Alex White.
mixed original and reprint anthology containing eighteen short stories and a novelette
pan books first printing, first edition
cover art (unsigned, uncredited)
cover price 3'6, 45c south africa, (6/-) 60c australia, 4/6 new zealand
so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule
- or not so-reflagged according to equally-respected moderator's heartfelt plea
240pp. including 8pp. titles, indica etc, end p. advertising
#1: ''the pan book of horror stories'' ed. herbert van thal (1959), q.v. for series listing, and links.
number given in isbn10 field is the 9-digit sbn precursor to the invention/definition of the isbn
as was quite commonly - but not necessarily - the case, it incorporates the numerical body of the original cat#
new cat# 10555
cover art unsigned, uncredited, without even memorable failings to commend it
cover price (25p) 5/-, 60c south africa, 80c australia, 75c new zealand, 95c canadada
240pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, end p. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)