Title: A Thing of Custom

Title: A Thing of Custom Title Record # 57962
Author: L. Sprague de Camp
Date: 1957-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Year	Language	Title
1964^ⓘTranslated by Hilja Brinis	Italian	L'ospite è sacro
1969^ⓘTranslated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch	German	Die Fremden kommen ...
1980^ⓘTranslated by Sylvia Pukallus	German	Eine Frage der Gewohnheit [as by Lyon Sprague de Camp]

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Fantastic Universe, January 1957	1957-01-00	ed. Hans Stefan Santesson	King-Size Publications, 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	Hannes Bok
The Fantastic Universe Omnibus	1960-04-00	ed. Hans Stefan Santesson	Prentice-Hall		$3.95^?$: US dollar	270	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Fantastic Universe Omnibus	1960-10-00	ed. Hans Stefan Santesson	Prentice-Hall / SFBC		$1.20^?$: US dollar	xv+ 270	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Fantastic Universe Omnibus	1962-09-00	ed. Hans Stefan Santesson	Panther	1414	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).	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.	anth	Art Sussman
The Fantastic Universe Omnibus	1962-09-00	ed. Hans Stefan Santesson	Panther	1414	A5/6^?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).	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.	anth	Art Sussman
A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales	1963-00-00	L. Sprague de Camp	Doubleday / SFBC		$1.90^?$: US dollar	359	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Gilda Kuhlman
A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales	1963-00-00	L. Sprague de Camp	Doubleday		$4.50^?$: US dollar	359	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Gilda Kuhlman
The Fantastic Universe Omnibus	1963-05-00	ed. Hans Stefan Santesson	Panther	1414	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).	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.	anth	Art Sussman
Rulers of Men	1965-00-00	ed. Hans Stefan Santesson	Pyramid Books	R-1227	$0.50^?$: US dollar	173	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	Jack Gaughan
The Fantastic Universe Omnibus	1968-02-00	ed. Hans Stefan Santesson	Paperback Library	54-633	$0.75^?$: US dollar	254	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	Jerome Podwil
The Fantastic Universe Omnibus	1968-02-00	ed. Hans Stefan Santesson	Paperback Library	54-633	C$0.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	254	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	Jerome Podwil
A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales	1969-00-00	L. Sprague de Camp	Curtis Books	123-09018-095	$0.95^?$: US dollar	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.	coll	Johnny Bruck
A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales	1974-00-00	L. Sprague de Camp	Remploy	0-7066-0570-5	£2.20^?£: UK pound	xv+ 319	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales	1974-00-00	L. Sprague de Camp	Remploy	0-7066-0570-5	£2.20^?£: UK pound	xv+ 319	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Late Great Future	1976-00-00	ed. John Dillon, Gregory Fitz Gerald	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23040-6	$1.75^?$: US dollar	288	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	Oscar Liebman

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