Title: One for the Books
Title Record # 45870
Author: Richard Matheson
Date: 1955-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Author: Richard Matheson
Date: 1955-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Synopsis: A janitor wakes up one morning and speaks perfect French. Soon he starts to know a lot of other things too – he doesn't necessarily understand everything, but he apparently knows everything. Why and how is this happening?
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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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| Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1955 | 1955-09-00 | ed. H. L. Gold | Galaxy Publishing Corporation | $0.35?$: US dollar |
148 | 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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| Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 33 | 1955-12-00 | ed. H. L. Gold | Strato Publications | 2/-?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). |
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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| The World That Couldn't Be and 8 Other Novelets from Galaxy | 1959-09-00 | ed. H. L. Gold | Doubleday | $3.95?$: US dollar |
288 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Karel Kezer | |
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| The World That Couldn't Be and 8 Other Novelets from Galaxy | 1961-03-00 | ed. H. L. Gold | Permabooks | M4197 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
xi+ 260 |
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 | |
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| Shock! | 1961-06-00 | Richard Matheson | Dell | B195 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
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. |
coll | Richard Powers | |
| Shock! | 1961-06-00 | Richard Matheson | Dell | B195 | C$0.35?C$: Canadian dollar |
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. |
coll | Richard Powers | |
| Shock! | 1961-11-00 | Richard Matheson | Dell | B195 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
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. |
coll | Richard Powers | |
| Shock! | 1962-00-00 | Richard Matheson | Corgi | 1180 | 2/6?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). |
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 | Josh Kirby | |
| Untravelled Worlds | 1966-00-00 | ed. Alan Frank Barter, Raymond Wilson | Macmillan UK | 168 | 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 | ||||
| Shock! | 1966-09-00 | Richard Matheson | Dell | 7828 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
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. |
coll | Tom Ryan | |
| Shock! | 1978-00-00 | Richard Matheson | Sphere | 0-7221-5893-9 | £0.85?£: UK pound |
188 | 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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| Shock I: Thirteen Tales to Thrill and Terrify | 1979-05-00 | Richard Matheson | Berkley Books | 0-425-04095-X | $1.95?$: US dollar |
216 | 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 | Murray Tinkelman | |
| 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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| Duel: Terror Stories by Richard Matheson | 2003-01-00 | Richard Matheson | Tor | 0-765-30695-6 | $27.95?$: US dollar |
395 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Duel: Terror Stories by Richard Matheson | 2003-01-00 | Richard Matheson | Tor | 0-312-87826-5 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
395 | 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 | ||
| Duel: Terror Stories by Richard Matheson | 2003-01-04 | Richard Matheson | Tor | 1-4299-1366-5 | $8.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| Richard Matheson: Collected Stories Volume Two | 2005-04-00 | Richard Matheson | Gauntlet Press | 1-887368-79-5 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
453 | 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 | |
| The Best of Richard Matheson | 2017-10-10 | Richard Matheson | Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics) | 978-0-14-313017-8 | $17.00?$: US dollar |
xviii+ 408 |
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 | Daniel Danger | |
| The Best of Richard Matheson | 2017-10-10 | Richard Matheson | Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) | 978-1-101-99366-8 | $11.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Daniel Danger | ||
| Duel: Terror Stories by Richard Matheson | 2017-12-05 | Richard Matheson | Tor | 978-0-7653-9993-9 | $8.99?$: US dollar |
x+ 464 |
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 |