Title: Disappearing Act
Title Record # 426721
Author: Richard Matheson
Date: 1953-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Richard Matheson
Date: 1953-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: There were two stories called "Disappearing Act" published in 1953. One by Alfred Bester and the other by Richard Matheson. Unfortunately, this created considerable confusion and many sources report this as a single story written by both authors.
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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 Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1953 | 1953-03-00 | 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 | Chesley Bonestell |  |
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| Born of Man and Woman | 1954-03-00 | Richard Matheson | Chamberlain Press | $3.00?$: US dollar |
252 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Mel Hunter | ||
| Third from the Sun | 1955-02-00 | Richard Matheson | Bantam Books | 1294 | $0.25?$: US dollar |
180 | 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 | |
| Fiction, #29 | 1956-04-00 | ed. Editors of Fiction | OPTA | F100?F: French frank |
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 | Philippe Curval | |
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| Verbinding met morgen | 1957-00-00 | ed. Manuel van Loggem | De Bezige Bij (Schrik in Plastic #4) | 198 | 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 | Pim van Boxsel | |
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| Verbinding met morgen | 1957-00-00 | ed. Manuel van Loggem | De Bezige Bij (Schrik in Plastic #4) | 198 | 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 | Pim van Boxsel | |
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| Urania #278 | 1962-03-25 | ed. uncredited | Mondadori | 278 | Lit 150?Lit: Italian lira |
160 | 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 | Karel Thole | |
| Third from the Sun | 1962-06-00 | Richard Matheson | Bantam Books | J2467 | $0.40?$: US dollar |
180 | 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 | |
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| Anthologie du fantastique: Tome I : Angleterre Irlande Amérique du Nord Allemagne Flandres | 1966-00-00 | Roger Caillois | Gallimard | F35.00?F: French frank |
640 | 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 | |||
| De verschrikkelijke buiksprekerspop | 1966-00-00 | ed. Manuel van Loggem | Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1008) | 1008 | ƒ2.00?ƒ: Dutch guilder |
191 | 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 | Dick Bruna | |
| Der dritte Planet | 1966-02-11 | Richard Matheson | Moewig (Terra Taschenbuch #106) | TTB106 | DM 2.40?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
160 | 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 | Karl Stephan | |
| Third from the Sun | 1970-09-00 | Richard Matheson | Bantam Books | H5548 | $0.60?$: US dollar |
180 | 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 | Gene Szafran | |
| Les mondes macabres de Richard Matheson | 1974-03-00 | Richard Matheson | Casterman (Autres temps, autres mondes) | 314 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | J. Palmans | |||
| Anthologie du fantastique: Tome I : Angleterre Irlande Amérique du Nord Allemagne Flandres | 1977-00-00 | Roger Caillois | Gallimard | 642 | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
coll | ||||
| Regola per sopravvivere | 1977-05-00 | Richard Matheson | Mondadori (Classici Urania #2) | 14209 | Lit 1,000?Lit: Italian lira |
206 | 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 | Karel Thole | |
| Histoires d'aberrations | 1977-11-03 | ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati | Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - La grande anthologie du fantastique #1466) | 2-266-00425-5 | 406 | 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 | C. Broutin | ||
| Les mondes macabres | 1978-00-00 | Richard Matheson | Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #7024) | 2-253-02038-9 | 350 | 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 | |
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| Histoires d'aberrations | 1980-00-00 | ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati | France Loisirs (La grande anthologie du fantastique #7) | 2-7242-0721-1 | 406 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Benjamin Baltimore | ||
| Histoires d'aberrations | 1981-08-24 | ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati | Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - La grande anthologie du fantastique #1466) | 2-266-00425-5 | 406 | 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 | C. Broutin | |
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| The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories | 1985-00-00 | ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Richard Matheson, Charles G. Waugh | MJF Books | 1-56731-065-6 | 550 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories | 1985-07-00 | ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Richard Matheson, Charles G. Waugh | Avon Books | 0-380-89601-X | $8.95?$: US dollar |
550 | 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 | |
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| Magische Schatten | 1987-00-00 | ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Richard Matheson, Charles G. Waugh | Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #6927) | 3-453-00367-5 | DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
319 | 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 | Otto (I) | |
| Urania #1062 | 1987-11-22 | ed. Gianni Montanari | Mondadori | 1062 | Lit 3,500?Lit: Italian lira |
160 | 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 | Karel Thole | |
| Richard Matheson: Collected Stories | 1989-09-00 | Richard Matheson | Dream/Press | 0-910489-10-6 | $125?$: US dollar |
xxii+ 889 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
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| Richard Matheson: Collected Stories | 1989-09-00 | Richard Matheson | Dream/Press | 0-910489-10-6 | $25.00?$: US dollar |
xxii+ 899 |
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 | William Stout | |
| Richard Matheson: Collected Stories | 1989-09-00 | Richard Matheson | Dream/Press | 0-910489-10-6 | $?$: US dollar |
xxii+ 889 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
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| La dimension fantastique | 1996-12-00 | ed. Barbara Sadoul | Librio (Librio #150) | 2-277-30150-7 | F10.00?F: French frank |
155 | 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 | J. K. Potter | |
| Intrusion | 1999-10-00 | Richard Matheson | Flammarion (Imagine) | 2-08-067736-5 | F85.00?F: French frank |
296 | 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 | Sofiane Tilikete | |
| Nightmare at 20,000 Feet | 2002-01-00 | Richard Matheson | Tor | 0-765-30411-2 | $24.95?$: US dollar |
335 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Ravenwood | |
| Nightmare at 20,000 Feet | 2002-01-00 | Richard Matheson | Tor | 0-312-87827-3 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
335 | 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 | Ravenwood | |
| La dimension fantastique | 2003-01-00 | ed. Barbara Sadoul | Librio (Librio #150) | 2-290-31418-8 | 155 | 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 | J. K. Potter | ||
| Richard Matheson: Collected Stories Volume One | 2003-12-00 | Richard Matheson | Gauntlet Press | 1-887368-62-0 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
399 | 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 | Harry O. Morris | |
| La dimension fantastique - 1 | 2005-12-00 | ed. Barbara Sadoul | Librio (Librio #150) | 2-290-33532-0 | €2.00?€: Euro |
155 | 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 | J. K. Potter | |
Chefs-d'œuvre du fantastique: de E.T.A. Hoffmann à Stephen King?Chefs-d'oeuvre du fantastique: de E.T.A. Hoffmann à Stephen King |
2007-08-00 | ed. Jacques Goimard | Omnibus (France) (Collection Omnibus) | 978-2-258-07526-9 | €25.00?€: Euro |
xxiv+ 1121 |
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 | Yan' Dargent |