The Great Book of Thrillers (1935)
by H. Douglas Thomson
Book Notes
- 46 stories, with introduction by Thomson
British Library record 012474569 notes that 1991 Chancellor Press anthology Great Tales of Terror (see) is a reissue of the Odhams Press 1936 [sic], but only 41 stories are contained in both (with some differences in the sequence).
Five stories are in the 1935 anthology only
(by 1935 page number):
166 • The Story of the Greek Slave (1934), Frederick Marryat
261 • The Witness for the Prosecution (1924), Agatha Christie [non-genre]
453 • Bitter Almonds (1935?), Dorothy L. Sayers
465 • The Shadow Man (1935?), Edgar Wallace
532 • The Willows (1907), Algernon Blackwood
Compare the 1991 anthology.
Book Contents
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