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The Oblong Box

Edgar Allan Poe

First published January 1850
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

  • First published in the September 1844 Godey's Lady's Book.
  • See the notes here and this OCR scan.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1850 The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield Collection 351|2351
1853 The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield Collection 351|2351
1856 The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield Collection 351|2351
1884 The Assignation and Other Tales John W. Lovell Collection |14
1902 Tales of Mystery and Imagination Grant Richards Collection 282
1903 Prose Tales of Mystery and Imagination Grosset & Dunlap Collection |15
1905 Cover The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 8 Croscup & Holby Collection
1908 Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories: American The Review of Reviews Co. Anthology 112
1908 Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent & Sons Collection
1909 American The Review of Reviews Co. Anthology 112
1915 Fantastic Tales Tauchnitz Collection
1920 Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Riddle Stories Doubleday, Page & Company Anthology 76
1922 Select Tales International Bibliothek Collection 225
1927 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Charles Scribner's Sons Collection |15
1927 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms with New Notes Walter J. Black, Inc. Collection 151
1928 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination Oxford University Press Collection 282
1929 ポー短篇集 英文学社 Collection |5
1931 The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms Blue Ribbon Books Collection 151
1933 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination Tudor Publishing Company Collection 383
1936 Cover The Gold Bug & Other Tales Grosset & Dunlap Collection 98
1936 Tales of Mystery and Imagination Spencer Press Collection |14
1938 Cover The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library Collection 711
May 1938 Cover Some Tales of Mystery and Imagination Penguin Books Collection
1941 Tales of Mystery & Imagination The Limited Editions Club Collection |18
1941 Tales of Mystery and Imagination Heritage Press Collection 187
July 1944 Cover Some Tales of Mystery and Imagination Penguin Books Collection 135
1952 Tales Dodd, Mead & Co. Collection 405
1958 Tales of Mystery & Imagination Heritage Press Collection 187
1961 Descent Into the Maelström Digit Books Collection
1961 Stories: Twenty-Eight Thrilling Tales Platt & Munk Collection 143
1961 Cover Stories: Twenty-Seven Thrilling Tales Platt & Munk Collection 143
1962 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton Collection 323
1963 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent & Sons Collection 323
1964 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Parents' Magazine's Cultural Institute Collection |11
January 1965 Cover Magazine of Horror, January 1965 Health Knowledge, Inc. MAGAZINE 64
1966 Cover Complete Stories of Edgar Allan Poe International Collectors Library Collection 237
1966 Cover Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday Collection 237
1967 Cover Bizarre and Arabesque: A New Anthology of Tales, Poems and Prose Panther Collection 19
1968 Cover Tales of the Uncanny W. H. Allen Anthology 63
1969 Cover Fantastic Tales New English Library Collection |4
1969 Cover Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe: Vol.III CMS Collection |3
November 1969 Cover 11 Great Horror Stories Scholastic Book Services Anthology 108
November 1969 Cover 11 Great Horror Stories Scholastic Book Services Anthology 108
December 1969 Cover 11 Great Horror Stories Scholastic Book Services Anthology 108
1970 Cover The Oblong Box & Other Tales of the Uncanny Sphere Books Anthology 68
February 1971 Cover The Ghouls W. H. Allen Anthology 366
March 1971 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent Collection 323
April 1971 Cover The Ghouls Stein and Day Anthology 368
June 1971 Cover The Ghouls Stein and Day / BCE Anthology 366
March 1972 11 Great Horror Stories Scholastic Book Services Anthology 108
April 1972 Cover The Ghouls Pocket Books Anthology 383
April 1973 Cover 11 Great Horror Stories Scholastic Book Services Anthology 108
September 1974 Cover Tales of the Uncanny White Lion Anthology
October 1974 Cover The Ghouls: Book Two Orbit Anthology 187
1975 Cover Tales of Mystery & Imagination The Easton Press Collection 187
September 1975 Cover The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Vintage Books Collection 711
July 1977 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent Collection 323
1979 Cover Forty-Two Tales Octopus Books Collection 310
1980 Cover Famous Tales of Mystery and Horror Watermill Press Collection 21
1981 Cover The Annotated Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday Collection
1983 Cover Edgar Allan Poe Chatham River Press Collection 442
August 1984 Cover Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales The Library of America Collection 643
1985 Cover Works of Edgar Allan Poe Gramercy Books Omnibus 442
1985 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination Chancellor Press Collection 282
1986 Cover The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories Marshall Cavendish Collection 446
October 1990 Cover Tales of Mystery and Terror Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Collection 81
March 1991 Cover Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday Collection 237
1992 Cover The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library Collection 711
December 1993 Cover Famous Tales of Mystery and Horror Troll Communications Collection 21
1994 Tales of Mystery and Terror Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Collection 96
1994 Cover Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales The Library of America Collection 643
April 1994 Cover The Ghouls Bounty Books Anthology 366
1995 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination Wordsworth Editions Collection 222
1996 Cover Classic Mysteries: A Collection of Mind-Bending Masterpieces Lowell House Anthology 111
1999 Cover Classic Scary Stories Lowell House Anthology 353
April 2000 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 4 (Raven Edition) Project Gutenberg Collection
September 2003 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination Collector's Library Collection 345
January 2004 Cover Famous Tales of Mystery and Horror Rupa Publications Collection |21
2005 Cover Selected Works Edimat Books Collection 263
March 2008 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination Wordsworth Editions Collection 211
July 2008 Cover Tales of Mystery & Imagination Chartwell Books Collection 355
September 2008 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination Calla Editions Collection 383
October 2009 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination Collector's Library Collection 345
October 2009 Cover Tales of Mystery & Imagination Bloomsbury Collection 255
November 2009 Cover Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems Castle Books Collection 609
August 2011 Cover The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Stories Atheneum Books for Young Readers Collection 77
August 2011 Cover The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Stories Atheneum Books for Young Readers Collection
August 2011 Cover The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Stories Turtleback Books Collection
November 2011 Cover The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Mysteries Necropolis Press Collection 163
April 2014 Cover The Third Macabre Megapack Wildside Press Anthology
September 2014 Cover Tales of Mystery & Imagination Arcturus Publishing Collection 355
August 2017 Cover Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Collection 423
December 2018 Cover Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Collection |423
November 2019 Cover Tales of Mystery & Imagination Arcturus Publishing Collection 355