A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 
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  J(oseph) B(oynton) PRIESTLEY
b. 1894 d. 1984
Novelist, playwright, librettist, essayist, critic, and broadcaster.
 
Novels
 Benighted, William Heinemann Ltd (London), 1927
(Weird and atmospheric with only hints of the supernatural , but important as a source for many of the tropes in haunted house films due to its screen adaptation by James Whale as The Old Dark House in 1932.)
ditto, as The Old Dark House, Harper and Bros (New York), 1928
ditto, as The Old Dark House, Grosset and Dunlap (New York), 1928
 
 
 
Short Stories
  Four-in-Hand, Heinemann (London), 1934
(A miscellany containing one novel, two plays, and an assortment of short stories and essays. (Including " Mr. Strenberry’s Tale", "The Demon King"
 
 
Going Up with other stories and sketches, Pan Books (London), 1950
(A mass market paperback collecting 25 stories and sketches, including "The Demon King"
 
 
The Other Place and Other Stories of the Same Sort, William Heinemann (London), 1953
(N.B.: the title on the front of the dustjacket to Heinemann's reprint edition of the same year reads The Other Place - Stories on the Edge of the Marvellous, while retaining the original title elsewhere)
ditto, Harper & Row (New York), 1953
(Including "The Other Place", " The Grey Ones", "Uncle Phil on TV", "Guest of Honor", "Look After the Strange Girl" [aka "The Strange Girl"], "The Statues", "The Leadington Incident", " Mr. Strenberry’s Tale" [aka "Doomsday"], "Night Sequence".)
 
The Carfitt Crisis and Two Other Stories, William Heinemann, (London) 1976
ditto, Stein and Day (New York), 1976
(Includes "Underground")
 
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