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Title: The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles Title Record # 190406
Author: Idris Seabright
Date: 1951-10-00
Variant Title of: The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles (by Margaret St. Clair) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
User Rating: 5.00 (1 vote) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: None

Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1951 1951-10-00 ed. Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas Fantasy House, Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
132
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag George Salter Checkmark
Beyond Human Ken 1952-10-00 ed. Judith Merril Random House  
$2.95?$: US dollar
xvii+
334
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth H. Lawrence Hoffman Checkmark
Beyond Human Ken 1953-00-00 ed. Judith Merril Grayson & Grayson  
9/6?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).
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth C. King Checkmark
Selections from Beyond Human Ken 1954-06-00 ed. Judith Merril Pennant Books P56
$0.25?$: US dollar
248
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.
anth Charles Binger Checkmark
Stories My Mother Never Told Me 1963-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Random House  
$5.95?$: US dollar
401
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Alfred Hitchcock's Monster Museum 1965-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Random House  
$3.95?$: US dollar
207
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Earl E. Mayan  
More Stories My Mother Never Told Me 1965-11-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 5816
$0.50?$: US dollar
190
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.
anth Fred Banbery  
Stories My Mother Never Told Me, Part II 1967-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Pan Books M250
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).
236
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.
anth  
Alfred Hitchcock's Monster Museum 1973-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Armada Lions 0-00-670696-7
£0.45?£: UK pound
190
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.
anth  
Nine Strange Stories 1974-00-00 ed. Betty M. Owen Scholastic Book Services TK4467   155
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.
anth Joe Ciardiello  
Nine Strange Stories 1974-09-00 ed. Betty M. Owen Scholastic Book Services TK2432   155
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.
anth  
Alfred Hitchcock's Monster Museum 1981-08-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Fontana Lions 0-00-671873-6
£1.00?£: UK pound
190
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.
anth Julek Heller Checkmark
Alfred Hitchcock's Monster Museum 1982-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Random House 0-394-84899-3
$2.50?$: US dollar
x+
213
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 Hector Garrido  
Ghastly, Ghoulish, Gripping Tales 1983-00-00 ed. Helen Hoke Franklin Watts 0-531-04593-5
$8.60?$: US dollar
160
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Best of Margaret St. Clair 1985-11-00 Margaret St. Clair Academy Chicago 0-89733-164-8
$4.95?$: US dollar
viii+
271
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 Armen Kojoyian Checkmark
The Best of Margaret St. Clair 1985-12-00 Margaret St. Clair Academy Chicago 0-89733-163-X
$15.95?$: US dollar
viii+
271
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Armen Kojoyian  
The Fantasy Hall of Fame 1998-08-00 ed. Robert Silverberg HarperPrism / SFBC 1-56865-858-3 / 17918
$10.98?$: US dollar
562
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Carl Galian Checkmark
Alfred Hitchcock's Monster Museum date unknown ed. Alfred Hitchcock Random House 0-394-91230-6   207
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Earl E. Mayan Checkmark
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