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Title: The Marvelous Brass Chessplaying Automaton

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Title: The Marvelous Brass Chessplaying Automaton Title Record # 42025
Author: Gene Wolfe
Date: 1977-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1979Translated by Horst Pukallus
German Der wunderbare messingne Schachautomat

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Universe 7 1977-01-00 ed. Terry Carr Doubleday 0-385-11414-1
$5.95?$: US dollar
184
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Roger Zimmerman Checkmark
Universe 7 1977-03-00 ed. Terry Carr Doubleday / SFBC 1431
$1.98?$: US dollar
184
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Roger Zimmerman Checkmark
Universe 7 1977-06-00 ed. Terry Carr Doubleday 0-385-11414-1
$5.95?$: US dollar
184
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Roger Zimmerman  
Universe 7 1978-08-00 ed. Terry Carr Popular Library 0-445-04269-9
$1.50?$: 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.
anth Carlos Ochagavia Checkmark
Universe 7 1978-08-00 ed. Terry Carr Popular Library 0-445-04269-9
C$1.50?C$: Canadian 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.
anth Carlos Ochagavia Checkmark
Science Fiction Story Reader 11 1979-01-00 ed. Wolfgang Jeschke Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3627) 3-453-30538-8
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
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.
anth Michael Hasted Checkmark
Universe 7 1979-08-00 ed. Terry Carr Dennis Dobson 0-234-72114-6
£4.25?£: UK pound
184
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Pawn to Infinity 1982-06-00 ed. Fred Saberhagen, Joan Saberhagen Ace Books 0-441-65482-7
$2.50?$: US dollar
[8]+
258
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 Checkmark
Plan[e]t Engineering 1984-03-00 Gene Wolfe NESFA Press 0-915368-25-0
$15.00?$: US dollar
xvii+
155
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
Plan[e]t Engineering 1984-03-00 Gene Wolfe NESFA Press 0-915368-83-8
$30.00?$: US dollar
xvii+
155
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Vincent Di Fate  
Storeys from the Old Hotel 1988-11-00 Gene Wolfe Kerosina Books 0-948893-29-X
£13.95?£: UK pound
299
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Pete Lyon Checkmark
Storeys from the Old Hotel 1988-11-00 Gene Wolfe Kerosina Books 0-948893-28-1
£40.00?£: UK pound
299
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Pete Lyon  
Storeys from the Old Hotel 1992-04-00 Gene Wolfe Tor 0-312-85208-8
$21.95?$: US dollar
xviii+
331
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll D. Rottermund Checkmark
Storeys from the Old Hotel 1993-01-00 Gene Wolfe Tor / SFBC 05920
$10.98?$: US dollar
xviii+
331
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll D. Rottermund  
Storeys from the Old Hotel 1995-12-00 Gene Wolfe Orb 0-312-89049-4
$14.95?$: US dollar
xviii+
331
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 Checkmark
The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction 2009-03-00 Gene Wolfe Tor 978-0-7653-2135-0
$27.95?$: US dollar
478
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll iStockPhoto.com Checkmark
The Very Best of Gene Wolfe 2009-07-00 Gene Wolfe PS Publishing 978-1-84863-027-7
£50.00?£: UK pound
xix+
490
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll J. K. Potter Checkmark
The Very Best of Gene Wolfe 2009-07-00 Gene Wolfe PS Publishing 978-1-84863-028-4
£100.00?£: UK pound
 
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll J. K. Potter  
The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction 2010-04-01 Gene Wolfe Tor 978-1-4299-6837-9
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction 2010-04-13 Gene Wolfe Tor 978-0-7653-2136-7
$17.99?$: US dollar
478
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  
The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction 2020-01-21 Gene Wolfe Tor 978-1-250-61858-0
$20.99?$: US dollar
480
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 iStockPhoto.com Checkmark
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