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Title: The Far Look

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Title: The Far Look Title Record # 55784
Author: Theodore L. Thomas
Date: 1956-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Year Language Title
1961Translated by C. Buddingh
Dutch De verre blik

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Astounding Science Fiction, August 1956 1956-08-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
164
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 Checkmark
Astounding Science Fiction, January 1957 (UK) 1957-01-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
1/9?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).
128
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  
SF: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy Second Annual Volume 1957-06-00 ed. Judith Merril Dell B110
$0.35?$: US dollar
320
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy 1957-07-00 ed. Judith Merril Gnome Press  
$3.95?$: US dollar
320
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth W. I. Van der Poel Checkmark
SF: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy Second Annual Volume 1957-11-00 ed. Judith Merril Dell B110
$0.35?$: US dollar
320
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
Spectrum V 1966-00-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Gollancz  
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).
272
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Spectrum 5 1967-00-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Harcourt, Brace & World  
$4.50?$: US dollar
303
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Carl Smith Checkmark
Spectrum V 1967-09-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 125
8/-?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).
 
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Spectrum 5 1968-08-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Berkley Medallion S1595
$0.75?$: US dollar
303
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 Paul Lehr Checkmark
Spectrum V 1969-00-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Pan Books 0-330-02236-9
£0.25?£: UK pound
283
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 W. F. Phillipps Checkmark
Spectrum 5 1972-00-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Pan Books 0-330-02236-9
£0.30?£: UK pound
282+
[1]
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
Science Fiction Novellas 1975-00-00 ed. Harry Harrison, Willis E. McNelly Charles Scribner's Sons (Scribner Student Paperbacks #34) 0-684-13847-6   x+
256
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 Jack Gaughan Checkmark
Looking Ahead 1975-03-00 ed. Dick Allen, Lori Allen Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-551184-X
$5.50?$: US dollar
viii+
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.
anth Checkmark
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