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Title: The Library of Babel

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Title: The Library of Babel Title Record # 2035254
Author: Jorge Luis Borges
Date: 1962-00-00
Variant Title of: La biblioteca de Babel [Spanish] (1941) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Translated by Anthony Kerrigan
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Current Tags: library (2), fantasy (1), universal library (1), philosophy (1), religion (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)

Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Ficciones 1962-00-00 Jorge Luis Borges Weidenfeld & Nicolson  
21/-?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).
174
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Ficciones 1962-00-00 Jorge Luis Borges Grove Press  
$3.50?$: US dollar
174
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Ficciones 1963-00-00 Jorge Luis Borges Grove Press  
$2.45?$: US dollar
174
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  
Fictions 1966-00-00 Jorge Luis Borges Jupiter (London, UK) J7
6/6?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).
159
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  
From Here to Forever 1982-11-00 ed. James Gunn Mentor / New American Library 0-451-62136-0 / ME2136
$4.95?$: US dollar
531
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 Richard Courtney Checkmark
Philosophy and Science Fiction 1984-06-00 ed. Michael Philips Prometheus Books 0-87975-248-3
$12.95?$: US dollar
vii+
392
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  
Ficciones 1993-00-00 Jorge Luis Borges Alfred A. Knopf 0-679-42299-4   xliii+
143
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Ficciones 1994-02-01 Jorge Luis Borges Grove Press 0-8021-3030-5
$13.00?$: US dollar
174
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  
From Here to Forever 1997-01-00 ed. James Gunn Borealis / White Wolf Publishing 1-56504-822-9 / WW 11090
$14.99?$: US dollar
601
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 Checkmark
Ficciones 2015-05-12 Jorge Luis Borges Grove Press 978-0-8021-9073-4
$16.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
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