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Title: The Stone Title Record # 76243
Author: Gerald Kersh
Date: 1941-06-20
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
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Year Title
1941 The Beggar's Stone
1941 The Beggars' Stone

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
John O'London's Weekly, June 20, 1941 1941-06-20 ed. Editors of John O'London's Weekly        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Selected Stories 1943-03-00 Gerald Kersh Staples and Staples (Modern Reading Library #2)  
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).
 
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".
coll  
The Battle of the Singing Men and Selected Stories 1944-03-00 Gerald Kersh Staples and Staples  
1/6?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).
 
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
coll  
The Horrible Dummy and Other Stories 1944-10-00 Gerald Kersh William Heinemann  
8/6?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).
166
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Esquire, December 1945 1945-12-00 ed. Editors of Esquire        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Argosy (UK), June 1946 1946-06-00 ed. Editors of Argosy (UK) The Amalgamated Press  
1/3?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).
112
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
On an Odd Note 1958-00-00 Gerald Kersh Ballantine Books 268
$0.35?$: US dollar
154
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
On an Odd Note 1958-00-00 Gerald Kersh Ballantine Books 268
C$0.35?C$: Canadian dollar
154
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 Richard Powers Checkmark
The Horrible Dummy and Other Stories 2013-10-17 Gerald Kersh Faber and Faber (Faber Finds) 978-0-571-30450-9
£10.00?£: UK pound
166
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 Checkmark
On an Odd Note 2014-11-04 Gerald Kersh Valancourt Books (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) 978-1-939140-09-8
$14.99?$: US dollar
x+
127
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 Lorenzo Princi  
On an Odd Note 2015-01-08 Gerald Kersh Valancourt Books (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)  
$4.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Lorenzo Princi Checkmark
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