Title: The Chessplayers
Title Record # 44892
Author: Charles L. Harness
Date: 1953-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Charles L. Harness
Date: 1953-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: Members of a chess club debate whether a chess-playing rat is good enough to hold an exhibition.
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| 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 1953 | 1953-10-00 | 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 | Emsh |  |
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| Fiction, #4 | 1954-03-00 | 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 | Jean Maroquène | |
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| The Rose | 1966-00-00 | Charles L. Harness | Compact Books | F295 | 3/6?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). |
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. |
coll | |
|
| Science Fiction Oddities | 1966-11-00 | ed. Groff Conklin | Berkley Medallion | S1311 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
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. |
anth | Don Punchatz | |
| The Rose | 1968-00-00 | Charles L. Harness | Sidgwick & Jackson | 0-283-98049-4 | 18/-?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). |
191 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| The Rose | 1969-00-00 | Charles L. Harness | Panther | 0-586-02879-X | 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). |
158 | 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 | Michael McInnerney | |
| The Rose | 1969-00-00 | Charles L. Harness | Panther | 0-586-02879-X | 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). |
158 | 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 | Michael McInnerney | |
| The Rose | 1969-01-00 | Charles L. Harness | Berkley Medallion | X1648 | $0.60?$: US dollar |
142 | 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 | |
|
| Science Fiction Oddities | 1969-06-00 | ed. Groff Conklin | Rapp & Whiting | 0-85391-082-0 | 21/-?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). |
x+ 156 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| Galassia #112 | 1970-02-15 | ed. Vittorio Curtoni, Gianni Montanari | Casa Editrice La Tribuna | 112 | Lit 350?Lit: Italian lira |
174 | 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 | Ferruccio Alessandri | |
| Die Rose | 1971-00-00 | Charles L. Harness | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3242) | 3242 | DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
143 | 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 | Atelier Heinrichs & Bachmann | |
| Science Fiction Special (4) | 1971-05-00 | uncredited | Sidgwick & Jackson (Science Fiction Special #4) | 0-283-48475-6 | £1.50?£: UK pound |
190+ 191+ 192 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | ||
| Out of This World 10 | 1973-00-00 | ed. Michael Pearson, Amabel Williams-Ellis | Blackie | 0-216-89379-8 | 190 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Jim Russell | ||
| Chess in Literature | 1975-03-00 | ed. Marcello Truzzi | Equinox / Avon | 0-380-00164-0 | $4.95?$: US dollar |
421 | 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 | Girolamo da Cremona | |
| Histoires à rebours | 1976-00-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3773) | 2-253-00835-4 | 414 | 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 | Pierre Faucheux | |
|
Histoires à rebours?Histoires a rebours |
1978-00-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3773) | 2-253-00835-4 | 414 | 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 | Pierre Faucheux | ||
| Tijdval en andere sf-verhalen | 1978-00-00 | Charles Harness | Meulenhoff (M=SF #134) | 90-290-0947-0 | ƒ12.50?ƒ: Dutch guilder |
365 | 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 | Paul Lehr | |
| The Best Animal Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy | 1979-00-00 | ed. Donald J. Sobol | Frederick Warne | 0-7232-6169-5 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
195 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Stanislaw Fernandes | |
| The Rose | 1981-00-00 | Charles L. Harness | Granada | 0-586-02879-X | £1.25?£: UK pound |
158 | 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 | Peter Goodfellow | |
| Histoires à rebours | 1984-11-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3773) | 2-253-00835-4 | 414 | 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 | Philippe Adamov | |
|
| The Rose | 1993-03-00 | Charles L. Harness | Lightyear Press | 0-89968-341-X | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| An Ornament to His Profession | 1998-08-00 | Charles L. Harness | NESFA Press | 1-886778-09-4 | $25.00?$: US dollar |
537 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | James Stanley Daugherty | |
| An Ornament to His Profession | 1999-02-00 | Charles L. Harness | NESFA Press | 1-886778-09-4 | $25.00?$: US dollar |
537 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | James Stanley Daugherty | |
| An Ornament to His Profession | 2015-07-30 | Charles L. Harness | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-12444-8 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll |