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Title: Last Stand of a Space Grenadier

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Title: Last Stand of a Space Grenadier Title Record # 90379
Author: Donald A. Wollheim
Date: 1954-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1954 Last Stand of a Space Grenadier [as by David Grinnell]
Year Language Title
1972Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Auftrag für die Weltraumgrenadiere

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Science Fiction Quarterly (UK), #7 1954 1954-00-00 ed. Robert W. Lowndes Thorpe and Porter  
1/-?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).
98
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Milton Luros  
Science Fiction Quarterly, February 1954 1954-02-00 ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes Columbia Publications, Inc.; Holyoke, MA  
$0.25?$: US dollar
100
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Milton Luros Checkmark
American Science Fiction Magazine, #35 1955-03-00 ed. uncredited Malian Press  
-/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).
34
ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications.
mag Stanley Pitt  
Two Dozen Dragon Eggs 1969-09-00 Donald A. Wollheim Powell PP 181
$0.95?$: US dollar
207
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 Bill Hughes Checkmark
Wie weit ist es nach Babylon? 1972-01-00 Donald A. Wollheim Goldmann (Goldmanns Weltraum Taschenbücher #0135) 3-442-23135-3
DM 3.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
158+
[2]
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 Eyke Volkmer Checkmark
Two Dozen Dragon Eggs 1977-07-00 Donald A. Wollheim Dennis Dobson 0-234-72054-9
£3.95?£: UK pound
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Richard Weaver Checkmark
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