Title: The Star of Bethlehem
Title Record # 1059804
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Date: 1954-12-00
Type: ESSAY
Language: English
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Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Date: 1954-12-00
Type: ESSAY
Language: English
Note: First published as "What Was the Star of Bethlehem?" in Holiday, December 1954. See Clarke's short story ''The Star'' (1955) for an adroit use of the same material in fiction.
Synopsis: In search of a scientific explanation of ''His star in the East'' which, according to the Gospel of Matthew (2:1-4), marked the birth of Jesus.
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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 Challenge of the Spaceship: Previews of Tomorrow's World | 1959-00-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Harper & Brothers | $3.50?$: US dollar |
212 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
non-fic | |||
| The Challenge of the Spaceship: Previews of Tomorrow's World | 1959-00-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Frederick Muller Ltd | 15/-?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). |
vi+ 212 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
non-fic | |||
| Über den Himmel hinaus: Unser Leben im Zeichen der Raumfahrt | 1960-00-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Econ | DM 14.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
251 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
non-fic | Werner Rebhuhn |  |
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| The Challenge of the Spaceship | 1961-00-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Ballantine Books | F528 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
189 | 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. |
non-fic | Richard Powers | |
| Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations | 1972-01-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Harper & Row | 0-06-010793-6 | £6.95?£: UK pound |
xii+ 250 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
non-fic | Bob Korn | |
| Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations | 1973-00-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers (Corgi SF Collector's Library) | 0-552-09413-7 | £0.35?£: UK pound |
255 | 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. |
non-fic | |
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| Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations | 1975-00-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Corgi (Corgi SF Collector's Library) | 0-552-09413-7 | £0.40?£: UK pound |
256 | 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. |
non-fic | |
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| Composition & Literary Form: An Anthology: Second Edition | 1978-00-00 | ed. Nancy J. Hawkey, Nicholas A. Salerno | Winthrop Publishers | 0-87626-160-8 |
xv+ 526 |
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. |
anth | |||
| The Challenge of the Spaceship | 1980-06-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Pocket Books | 0-671-82139-3 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
222 | 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. |
non-fic | |
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| Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations | 1982-06-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Signet / New American Library | 0-451-11573-2 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
224 | 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. |
non-fic | |
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| Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations | 1984-00-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Pan Books | 0-330-28182-8 | £1.75?£: UK pound |
255 | 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. |
non-fic | Laurie-Rae Chamberlain | |
| Berichte über einen kleinen blauen Planeten | 1985-00-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Allgemeine Reihe?Bastei Luebbe Allgemeine Reihe #13027) |
3-404-13027-8 | DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
282 | 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. |
non-fic | Quadro-Grafik | |
| Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations | 1985-03-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Berkley Books | 0-425-07592-3 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
x+ 245 |
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. |
non-fic | ||
| A New Christmas Treasury | 1991-10-00 | ed. Jack Newcombe | Viking | 0-670-83960-4 | $25.00?$: US dollar |
xxiv+ [2]+ 532 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Jenny Tylden-Wright | |
| Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: A Vision of the 20th Century As It Happened | 1999-00-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | Voyager | 0-00-224697-X | £19.99?£: UK pound |
xviii+ 558 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
non-fic | |
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| Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: Collected Essays 1934-1998 | 1999-08-00 | Arthur C. Clarke | St. Martin's Press | 0-312-19893-0 | $35.00?$: US dollar |
xvii+ 558 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
non-fic | |
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| Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations | date unknown | Arthur C. Clarke | Signet / New American Library | 0-451-07864-0 / W7864 |
x+ 224 |
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. |
non-fic | |