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Title: Just the Very Thing They Wanted Title Record # 830426
Author: Dino Buzzati
Date: 1965-00-00
Variant Title of: Non aspettavano altro [Italian] (1947) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Catastrophe: The Strange Stories of Dino Buzzati 1965-00-00 Dino Buzzati Calder & Boyars  
30/-?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).
viii+
139
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
European Tales of Terror 1968-12-00 ed. J. J. Strating Fontana (Fontana Tales of Terror) 1852
5/-?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).
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.
anth  
European Tales of Terror 1970-00-00 ed. J. J. Strating Fontana (Fontana Tales of Terror)  
£0.25?£: 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.
anth  
European Tales of Terror 1975-00-00 ed. J. J. Strating Fontana (Fontana Tales of Terror) 0-00-611852-6   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.
anth Justin Todd  
Catastrophe and Other Stories 1982-00-00 Dino Buzzati Riverrun Press 0-7145-3914-7
$9.95?$: US dollar
139
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  
Catastrophe and Other Stories 2018-03-17 Dino Buzzati Ecco Press 978-0-06-274273-5   240
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  
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