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Title: The Certificate Title Record # 56761
Author: Avram Davidson
Date: 1959-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: After aliens conquer Earth, the surviving humans are brutally enslaved; however, they are allowed to petition every few years for things, like a new coat.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1964 French L'évasion
1965Translated by Bianca Russo
Italian Il certificato

Publications

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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, March 1959 1959-03-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Mercury Press, Inc.  
$0.40?$: 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 Checkmark
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [UK], December 1959 1959-12-00 ed. uncredited Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
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  
A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1960-12-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Doubleday  
$4.50?$: US dollar
406
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mel Hunter Checkmark
A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1961-03-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.20?$: US dollar
406
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mel Hunter Checkmark
A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1962-00-00 ed. Robert P. Mills 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).
402
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1962-01-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Dell X12
$0.75?$: US dollar
416
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
A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1962-01-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Dell X12
C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar
416
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
A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1963-00-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Gollancz  
15/6?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).
402
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1964-00-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Corgi FS7028
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).
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 Fritz Wegner Checkmark
Science Fictions 1971-00-00 ed. Arnold Thompson University Tutorial Press (London) 0-7231-0529-4   vii+
168
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Strange Seas and Shores 1971-00-00 Avram Davidson Doubleday  
$4.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
219
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Peter Rauch Checkmark
Strange Seas and Shores 1981-08-00 Avram Davidson Ace Books 0-441-78922-6
$2.25?$: US dollar
xvi+
219
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 Checkmark
Avram Davidson: Collected Fantasies 1982-06-00 Avram Davidson Berkley Books 0-425-05081-5
$2.50?$: US dollar
xi+
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.
coll Checkmark
Invasions 1990-08-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Roc / New American Library 0-451-45027-2 / LE5027
$4.95?$: US dollar
382
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 J. K. Potter Checkmark
Invasions 1990-08-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Roc / New American Library 0-451-45027-2
C$5.95?C$: Canadian dollar
382
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 J. K. Potter Checkmark
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1993-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-056-8
$7.95?$: US dollar
496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Eckstein Checkmark
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1994-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Michael O'Mara Books 1-85479-958-4
£14.99?£: UK pound
496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Eckstein  
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1995-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-923-9
$4.98?$: US dollar
496
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 Eckstein Checkmark
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1997-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-923-9
$4.98?$: US dollar
496
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 Eckstein  
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 2003-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Sterling Publishing 1-4027-0975-7
$12.95?$: US dollar
496
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  
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 2004-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-056-8
$7.95?$: US dollar
496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Strange Seas and Shores 2013-09-30 Avram Davidson Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-12796-8
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories date unknown ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-056-8   496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Eckstein Checkmark
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories date unknown ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-056-8   496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Eckstein Checkmark
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