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Title: The Ten Books Title Record # 96384
Author: Jack Vance
Date: 1951-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1951 Men of the Ten Books
Year Language Title
1958 German
Die Welt der zehn Bücher?Die Welt der zehn Buecher
1983Translated by Roberta Rambelli
Italian I dieci libri
1988Translated by Peter Robert
German
Die Welt der zehn Bücher?Die Welt der zehn Buecher
1993Translated by ECL Meistermann
French Les dix livres
1994Translated by Richard Heufkens
Dutch De tien boeken
2019Translated by E. C. L. Meistermann revised by Pierre-Paul Durastanti
French Les dix livres

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Startling Stories, March 1951 1951-03-00 ed. Sam Merwin, Jr. Better Publications, Inc.; Springfield, MA  
$0.25?$: US dollar
164
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 Earle Bergey Checkmark
The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 1952-08-19 ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty Frederick Fell (Fell's Science-Fiction Library)  
$2.95?$: US dollar
284
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction Stories: Third Series 1953-00-00 ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty Grayson & Grayson  
9/6?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).
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mudge-Marriott  
American Science Fiction, #16 1953-08-00 ed. uncredited Malian Press  
A -/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).
36
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 Stanley Pitt  
Utopia-Science-Fiction-Magazin, #16 1958-09-22 ed. Bert Koeppen Pabel USFM16
DM 1.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
96
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
Out of This World 1 1960-09-00 ed. Mably Owen, Amabel Williams-Ellis Blackie  
12/6?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).
197
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Out of This World 1 1965-00-00 ed. Mably Owen, Amabel Williams-Ellis Blackie     197
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Narrow Land 1982-07-00 Jack Vance DAW Books (DAW Collectors #490) 0-87997-747-7 / UE1747
$2.25?$: US dollar
176
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 Wayne D. Barlowe Checkmark
The Narrow Land 1982-07-00 Jack Vance DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-747-7 / UE1747
C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar
176
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 Wayne D. Barlowe Checkmark
La terra di Ern 1983-06-00 Jack Vance Editrice Nord (Cosmo Serie Oro. Classici della Narrativa di Fantascienza #59) 88-429-0356-6
Lit 12,000?Lit: Italian lira
iv+
368
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Wayne Barlowe  
The Narrow Land 1984-03-00 Jack Vance Coronet Books 0-340-34920-4
£1.75?£: UK pound
176
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 George Underwood Checkmark
Die Welt der zehn Bücher?Die Welt der zehn Buecher
1988-07-00 Jack Vance Ullstein (Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy #31169) 3-548-31169-5
DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
199
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 James Warhola Checkmark
When the Five Moons Rise 1992-09-00 Jack Vance Underwood-Miller 0-88733-145-9
$29.95?$: US dollar
252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
When the Five Moons Rise 1992-09-00 Jack Vance Underwood-Miller 0-88733-145-9   252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Pagaille au loin 1993-12-00 Jack Vance Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5404) 2-266-03700-5   251
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 W. Siudmak  
Vancextasy 1994-09-00 Jack Vance Meulenhoff (*M) 90-290-4731-3   93
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 Nico Keulers , Michael Whelan , Peter Elson Checkmark
The World-Thinker and Other Stories 2005-00-00 Jack Vance Vance Integral Edition (Vance Integral Edition #2) 0-9712375-1-4   [viii]+
381
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The World-Thinker and Other Stories 2011-11-24 Jack Vance Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10987-2
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The World-Thinker and Other Stories 2012-04-17 Jack Vance Spatterlight Press (Vance Digital Edition #1) 978-1-61947-000-2
$6.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Tais Teng  
Magic Highways: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Three 2013-03-00 Jack Vance Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-560-4
$45.00?$: US dollar
333
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Tom Kidd Checkmark
Magic Highways: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Three 2013-03-00 Jack Vance Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-560-4
$350.00?$: US dollar
333
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Tom Kidd Checkmark
Magic Highways: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Three 2015-03-10 Jack Vance Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-734-9
$4.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The World-Thinker and Other Stories 2017-10-18 Jack Vance Spatterlight Press (Signature Series #1) 978-1-61947-148-1
$15.99?$: US dollar
330
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 Howard Kistler  
De wereldbedenker en andere verhalen 2018-11-06 Jack Vance Spatterlight Press (Het verzameld werk van Jack Vance #1) 978-1-61947-231-0
€17.99?€: Euro
342
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 Howard Kistler  
De wereldbedenker en andere verhalen 2019-02-19 Jack Vance Spatterlight Press (Het verzameld werk van Jack Vance #1) 978-1-61947-170-2
€5.99?€: Euro
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Howard Kistler  
Nouvelles - tome 1: 1945-1954 2019-02-28 Jack Vance
Le Bélial'?Le Belial'
(Kvasar #13)
978-2-84344-945-1
€34.00?€: Euro
1053
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 Guillaume Sorel  
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