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Title: The Greatest Gift Title Record # 98557
Author: Philip Van Doren Stern
Date: 1943-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Library of Congress, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: Basis for the film "It's a Wonderful Life."
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1945A slightly longer and darker version by pseudonym.
The Man Who Was Never Born [as by Peter Storme]
Year Language Title
2022Translated by مهدی جاوید (Mehdi Javid).
Persian
کتاب موهبت بزرگ?Kitab mohbat buzrag
[as by ]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Greatest Gift 1943-12-00 Philip Van Doren Stern Philip Van Doren Stern  
$0.00?$: US dollar
21
ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications.
chap  
The Greatest Gift 1944-12-00 Philip Van Doren Stern David McKay     31
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
chap Rafaello Busoni  
Good Housekeeping, January 1945 1945-01-00 ed. Editors of Good Housekeeping Hearst  
$0.35?$: US dollar
 
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag Alex Ross (III)  
The Other Side of the Clock 1969-00-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Van Nostrand Reinhold P7977
$5.95?$: US dollar
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Other Side of the Clock 1971-06-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Pinnacle Books P036-N
$0.95?$: US dollar
220
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 Checkmark
Angels and Awakenings 1980-00-00 ed. M. Cameron Grey Doubleday 0-385-15311-2
$15.95?$: US dollar
xxii+
403
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Fra Angelico  
No, But I Saw the Movie: The Best Short Stories Ever Made Into Film 1989-05-00 ed. David Wheeler Penguin Books 0-14-011090-9
£5.99?£: UK pound
xviii+
412
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  
Christmas Stars 1992-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-812-52286-9
$4.99?$: US dollar
xii+
305
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 Nick Jainschigg Checkmark
Christmas Stars 1992-12-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor / SFBC 03340
$8.98?$: US dollar
305
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Nick Jainschigg Checkmark
Christmas Stars 1993-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-812-52286-9
$4.99?$: US dollar
xii+
305
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 Nick Jainschigg  
Angels and Awakenings 1994-11-00 ed. M. Cameron Grey Doubleday 0-385-15311-2
$20.00?$: US dollar
xxii+
403
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Fra Angelico Checkmark
Christmas Stars 2004-11-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-765-31095-3
$14.95?$: US dollar
320
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 Brad Holland  
کتاب موهبت بزرگ?Kitab mohbat buzrag
2022-07-00
وال?Wall
978-622-975058-2 IRs 30,000 70
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.
chap  
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