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Title: Sam Small's Better Half Title Record # 98562
Author: Eric Knight
Date: 1940-06-01
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Sam Small
Webpages: archive.macleans.ca
Language: English
Note: First published in Canada in MacLean's Magazine, June 1, 1940. First published in the USA in Story, March/April 1941.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1999Translated by M. E. Kähnert and Leonore Schlaich
German Sam Smalls bessere Hälfte

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Sam Small Flies Again: The Amazing Adventures of the Flying Yorkshireman 1942-03-00 Eric Knight Harper & Brothers  
$2.50?$: US dollar
ix+
285
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Donald McKay  
The Moonlight Traveler: Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination 1943-05-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Doubleday, Doran  
$3.00?$: US dollar
xx+
487
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Moonlight Traveler: Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination 1943-05-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern McClelland  
C$3.25?C$: Canadian dollar
xx+
487
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Moonlight Traveler: Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination 1945-00-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Garden City Publishing Co.     xx+
488
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Flying Yorkshireman 1948-00-00 Eric Knight Pocket Books 493   x+
273
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 Louis Glanzman Checkmark
The Moonlight Traveller 1949-00-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern The Bodley Head  
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).
477
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Argosy (UK), June 1950 1950-06-00 ed. Editors of Argosy (UK) The Amalgamated Press  
1/6?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).
160
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  
The Moonlight Traveller 1952-00-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern The Bodley Head  
7/6?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).
477
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination 1954-09-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Cardinal / Pocket Books C-156
$0.35?$: US dollar
xx+
485
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
Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination 1954-09-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Cardinal / Pocket Books C-156
C$0.35?C$: Canadian dollar
xx+
485
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  
Sam Small the Flying Yorkshireman 1957-00-00 Eric Knight Neville Spearman  
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).
235
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Wildsmith  
Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination 1965-07-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Washington Square Press W-704
$0.60?$: US dollar
xx+
485
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
The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy 1997-08-00 ed. Peter Haining Souvenir Press 0-285-63388-0
£16.99?£: UK pound
270
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Josh Kirby  
The Flying Sorcerers 1998-11-00 ed. Peter Haining Ace Books 0-441-00577-2
$5.99?$: US dollar
x+
304
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 Walter Velez Checkmark
Scheibenwahn 1999-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #9037) 3-453-15602-1
DM 14.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
430
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 Josh Kirby Checkmark
The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy 1999-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Orbit 1-85723-725-0
£6.99?£: UK pound
xi+
372
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 Josh Kirby  
The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy 1999-02-00 ed. Peter Haining Orbit 1-85723-725-0
£5.99?£: UK pound
xi+
372
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 Josh Kirby Checkmark
The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy 2001-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Orbit 1-85723-725-0
£6.99?£: UK pound
xi+
372
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 Josh Kirby Checkmark
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