Title: Ah, the University!
Title Record # 100023
Author: John Collier
Date: 1939-01-28
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: John Collier
Date: 1939-01-28
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A father tells his son that he can't afford to send him to university, and advises him to study the playing of poker instead. This plan works out even better than the father expects.
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Touch of Nutmeg and More Unlikely Stories | 1943-00-00 | John Collier | The Press of the Readers Club | $2.00?$: US dollar |
viii+ 247 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
Green Thoughts and Other Strange Tales | 1945-00-00 | John Collier | Editions for the Armed Services | 871 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
287 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | ||
Fancies and Goodnights | 1951-11-00 | John Collier | Doubleday | $4.00?$: US dollar |
364 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Margot Tomes | ||
Fancies and Goodnights | 1953-04-00 | John Collier | Bantam Books (Bantam Giant) | A1106 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
506 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Charles Binger | |
Fancies and Goodnights | 1957-12-00 | John Collier | Bantam Books | F1703 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
375 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | ||
Pictures in the Fire | 1958-00-00 | John Collier | Hart-Davis | 13/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
190 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
Fancies and Goodnights | 1963-00-00 | John Collier | Bantam Books (Bantam Classic) | SC91 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
418 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | ||
Of Demons and Darkness | 1965-00-00 | John Collier | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers | FS7126 | 5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
xii+ 303 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | ||
De Dame op de Schimmel | 1969-00-00 | John Collier | De Arbeiderspers (Grote ABC #127) | 255 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll |
Ferenc Gögös?Ferenc Goegoes
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Fancies and Goodnights | 1969-00-00 | John Collier | Bantam Books | N4614 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
xii+ 418 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | ||
The John Collier Reader | 1972-11-00 | John Collier | Alfred A. Knopf | 0-394-46186-X | $10.00?$: US dollar |
xv+ 571 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
The Best of John Collier | 1975-09-00 | John Collier | Pocket Books | 0-671-80076-0 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
xvii+ 492 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Ed Soyka | |
Fancies and Goodnights | 1981-03-00 | John Collier | Doubleday / SFBC | 5749 | $5.50?$: US dollar |
396 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Tony Fiyalko | |
Fancies and Goodnights | 2003-05-00 | John Collier | New York Review of Books (NYRB Classics) | 1-59017-051-2 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 418 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Neo Rauch |