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Title: The Expensive Delicate Ship

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Title: The Expensive Delicate Ship Title Record # 56840
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1973-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1973 The Expensive Delicate Ship [as by Brian Aldiss]
Year Language Title
1979Translated by Pon Ruiter
Dutch Het kostbare tere schip [as by Brian Aldiss]
1982 French
Un vaisseau cher et délicat?Un vaisseau cher et delicat
1984Translated by Annette von Charpentier.
German Das teure feine Schiff
1994Translated by Marcial Souto.
Spanish La nave elegante y delicada

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Nova 3 1973-00-00 ed. Harry Harrison Walker & Co. 0-8027-5558-5
$6.95?$: US dollar
ix+
243
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Thuy Le Ha Checkmark
The Outdated Man 1975-04-00 ed. Harry Harrison Dell 0-440-06661-1
$0.95?$: US dollar
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.
anth Carl Lundgren Checkmark
Nova 3 1975-08-00 ed. Harry Harrison Sphere Books 0-7221-4321-4
£0.55?£: UK pound
192
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
Nova 3 1977-01-00 ed. Harry Harrison Robert Hale (Hale SF) 0-7091-5704-5
£3.50?£: UK pound
ix+
243
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Last Orders and Other Stories 1977-11-00 Brian W. Aldiss Jonathan Cape 0-224-01487-0
£3.95?£: UK pound
223
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Candida Amsden Checkmark
Last Orders and Other Stories 1979-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Triad Panther 0-586-04681-X
£0.95?£: UK pound
222
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
Science fiction verhalen 1979-00-00 Brian Aldiss Het Spectrum (Prisma #1895) 90-274-1025-9   208
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 John Verberk Checkmark
Last Orders and Other Stories 1979-08-00 Brian W. Aldiss Triad Panther / Granada 0-586-04681-X
£1.25?£: UK pound
222
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 Checkmark
Le livre d'or de la science-fiction: Brian W. Aldiss 1982-11-05 Brian W. Aldiss Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5150) 2-266-01210-X   349
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 Marcel Laverdet Checkmark
Die letzte Runde 1984-05-00 Brian W. Aldiss
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special #24056)
3-404-24056-1
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
238+
[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.
coll Don Maitz Checkmark
Last Orders and Other Stories 1985-00-00 Brian W. Aldiss Triad Panther 0-586-04681-X
£1.95?£: UK pound
222
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 Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
Science fiction verhalen 1987-00-00 Brian Aldiss Het Spectrum (Prisma #2637) 90-274-1567-6   208
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 Alexander Checkmark
Last Orders 1989-04-00 Brian Aldiss Carroll & Graf 0-88184-458-6
$17.95?$: US dollar
223
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Last Orders 1990-08-00 Brian Aldiss Carroll & Graf (Masters of Science Fiction (Carroll & Graf)) 0-88184-617-1
$3.95?$: US dollar
223
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 John Harris Checkmark
Cyber Fantasy, No. 4 1994-00-00 ed. Alberto Santos Castillo Alberto Santos  
Pta 495?Pta: Spanish peseta
74
A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
mag Juan Miguel Aguilera , Paco Roca  
Science fiction verhalen 2011-04-00 Brian Aldiss Het Spectrum (Vantoen.nu #1895) 978-90-315-0221-9
€14.99?€: Euro
208
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 John Verberk  
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