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y separately published work icon Death's Mannikins : Being a Sober Account of Certain Diabolical Happenings Not Untinged with the Odour of Brimstone Which Befell a Respectable Family Living at Exmoor in This Present Year single work   novel   detective   horror   thriller  
Alternative title: Death Plays with Dolls
Is part of The Jeffrey Blackburn Stories Max Afford , 1936 series - author novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1937... 1937 Death's Mannikins : Being a Sober Account of Certain Diabolical Happenings Not Untinged with the Odour of Brimstone Which Befell a Respectable Family Living at Exmoor in This Present Year
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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       John Long ,       1937 .
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      Extent: 287p.
    • Shreveport, Louisiana,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Ramble House ,       2006 .
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      Extent: 246p.
      Note/s:
      • Excerpts are available from Google books.
      • First published 1937. Reprinted 2006.
      • Dedication: For Vera and Spruhan
      • Epigraph: Quid tam horribile, tam tetram, quam hominis trucidatio - Lactantius
      ISBN: 9781605430201
Notes:
Abridged version.
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Frank Johnson , 1945 .
      person or book cover
      Scanned for the Australian Pulp Fiction Industry project.
      Extent: 128p.
      Series: Magpie Books Magpie Series Frank Johnson (publisher), series - publisher Popular fiction issued in two separately numbered series with titles in the genres of adventure, mystery, romance, crime and detection. The motto on inside back covers reads: "there is nothing like a Magpie to make the hours fly.' The series claimed to be 'by far the finest and cheapest books yet issued in Australia'. Books in the first series were 5.5 x 8.5 inches and may have been issued in plain wrappers; those in the second series were 5.5 x 7.25 inches with pictorial covers. Price for second series title was two shillings and the books were 'available at all newsagents.'
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Frank Johnson , ca. 1947 .
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      Alternative title: The Dolls of Death
      Extent: 130p.
      Series: Magpie Books Magpie Series Frank Johnson (publisher), series - publisher Popular fiction issued in two separately numbered series with titles in the genres of adventure, mystery, romance, crime and detection. The motto on inside back covers reads: "there is nothing like a Magpie to make the hours fly.' The series claimed to be 'by far the finest and cheapest books yet issued in Australia'. Books in the first series were 5.5 x 8.5 inches and may have been issued in plain wrappers; those in the second series were 5.5 x 7.25 inches with pictorial covers. Price for second series title was two shillings and the books were 'available at all newsagents.' Number in series: 68
Alternative title: 魔法人形 世界
Transliterated title: Magic Doll World
Language: Japanese
    • Tokyo, Honshu,
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      Japan,
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      East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,      :       Kokusyo kankokai ,       2003 .
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      ISBN: 4336044457, 9784336044457
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  • Exmoor, Somerset,
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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