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Title: Somebody to Play With Title Record # 74212
Author: Jay Williams
Date: 1961-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1962Translated by Anne Merlin
French Compagnon de jeu
1964Translated by Clark Darlton (1964) under his legal name Walter Ernsting
German Der Weg
1964Translated by Clark Darlton under his legal name Walter Ernsting
German Spiel
1965Translated by Mario Galli
Italian Qualcuno con cui giocare

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, May 1961 1961-05-00 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], September 1961 1961-09-00 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).
116
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  
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Eleventh Series 1962-00-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Doubleday  
C$4.95?C$: Canadian dollar
258
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Roger Zimmerman  
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Eleventh Series 1962-03-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Doubleday  
$3.95?$: US dollar
258
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth R. M. Zimmerman Checkmark
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Eleventh Series 1962-10-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.69?$: US dollar
258
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Roger Zimmerman  
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Eleventh Series 1964-00-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (2))  
18/-?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).
255
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Eleventh Series 1966-00-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Ace Books M-137
$0.45?$: 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 Bob Schinella Checkmark
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: Number 11 1966-05-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Panther 2052
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).
189
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
Unearthly Beasts and Other Strange People 1979-00-00 Jay Williams Macmillan UK (Topliner Tridents) 0-333-25602-6
£2.95?£: UK pound
110
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Terry Oakes  
Unearthly Beasts and Other Strange People 1980-00-00 Jay Williams Macmillan UK (Topliner Tridents) 0-333-25602-6
£3.50?£: UK pound
110
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Terry Oakes Checkmark
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