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Title: The Ablest Man in the World Title Record # 98094
Author: Edward Page Mitchell
Date: 1879-05-04
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in the May 4, 1879 issue of "The New York Sun".
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1879 The Ablest Man in the World [as by uncredited]
1885 The Ablest Man in the World [as by E. P. Mitchell]
Year Language Title
1980Translated by Margareta Dan
Romanian Omul cel mai înzestrat din lume
2013Translated by Jean-Noël Lafargue
French L'homme le plus doué du monde

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Sun, May 4, 1879 1879-05-04 ed. Editors of The Sun (New York) Charles A. Dana  
$0.03?$: US dollar
8
tabloid?11" by 16" magazine, usually newsprint, e.g. British Science Fiction Monthly.
mag  
Stories by American Authors X 1885-00-00 ed. uncredited Charles Scribner's Sons     186
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Crystal Man: Landmark Science Fiction 1973-00-00 Edward Page Mitchell Doubleday (Doubleday Science Fiction) 0-385-03139-4
$7.95?$: US dollar
lxxii+
358
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll James Starrett  
The Tachypomp and Other Stories 2006-07-00 Edward Page Mitchell Project Gutenberg of Australia 0602521
A$0.00?A$: Australian dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Tachypomp and Other Stories 2009-09-09 Edward Page Mitchell International Business Publications 978-1-4387-9834-9   150
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  
The Wordsworth Collection of Science Fiction 2011-12-00 ed. David Stuart Davies Wordsworth Editions 978-1-84022-656-0
£6.99?£: UK pound
xiv+
1312
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 Nathan Clair Checkmark
Sci-Fi and Fantasy Stories from 'The Sun' 2013-02-28 Edward Page Mitchell Feedbooks 6648
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Checkmark
Sci-Fi and Fantasy Stories from 'The Sun' 2015-07-09 Edward Page Mitchell CreateSpace 978-1-5148-8360-0
$16.99?$: US dollar
360
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  
Sci-Fi and Fantasy Stories from 'The Sun' 2015-11-17 Edward Page Mitchell CreateSpace 978-1-5193-1345-4
$9.99?$: US dollar
134
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  
Sci-Fi and Fantasy Stories from 'The Sun' 2016-02-22 Edward Page Mitchell CreateSpace 978-1-5301-6785-2
$11.00?$: US dollar
360
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  
Scientific Romance: An International Anthology of Pioneering Science Fiction 2017-01-18 ed. Brian Stableford Dover Publications 978-0-486-80837-6
$14.95?$: US dollar
xii+
337
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  
Sci-Fi and Fantasy Stories From 'The Sun' 2017-11-23 Edward Page Mitchell   978-1-9733-6941-7
$12.00?$: US dollar
364
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  
Robots & Artificial Intelligence Short Stories 2018-11-19 ed. uncredited Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78664-804-4
£20.00?£: UK pound
480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Tales of Science 2023-01-22 Edward Page Mitchell Roy Glashan's Library  
A$0.00?A$: Australian dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Checkmark
Tales of Science 2023-01-22 Edward Page Mitchell Project Gutenberg of Australia 2300071
A$0.00?A$: Australian dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Checkmark
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