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Title: Cousin Len's Wonderful Adjective Cellar Title Record # 78481
Author: Jack Finney
Date: 1948-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in Ladies' Home Journal, April 1948.
Synopsis: A columnist purchases a second-hand adjective cellar, an instrument with the ability to remove adjectives and adverbs from his columns.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1964Translated by Max Roth, revised in 2023 Le Bélial' pub by Pierre-Paul Durastanti.
French
La boîte à mots du cousin Len?La boite a mots du cousin Len

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Ladies' Home Journal, April 1948 1948-04-00 ed. Editors of Ladies' Home Journal        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
The Third Level 1957-00-00 Jack Finney Rinehart  
$3.00?$: US dollar
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ben Feder Checkmark
The Third Level 1957-12-00 Jack Finney Rinehart / SFBC  
$1.00?$: US dollar
188
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ben Feder Checkmark
The Clock of Time 1958-00-00 Jack Finney Eyre & Spottiswoode  
13/6?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
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Third Level 1959-03-00 Jack Finney Dell D274
$0.35?$: US dollar
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.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
The Clock of Time 1960-01-00 Jack Finney The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 42
5/6?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
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Clock of Time 1961-00-00 Jack Finney Panther 1193
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).
156
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  
Best Fantasy Stories 1962-00-00 ed. Brian W. Aldiss Faber and Faber  
16/-?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).
208
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth M. C. Escher Checkmark
Best Fantasy Stories 1970-06-00 ed. Brian W. Aldiss Faber and Faber (Faber Paper Covered Editions) 0-571-09391-4
9/-?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).
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.
anth M. C. Escher Checkmark
The Clock of Time 2012-11-30 Jack Finney Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-09319-5
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
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