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Title: Dreadful Sanctuary Title Record # 2057
Author: Eric Frank Russell
Date: 1948-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: The 1963 Lancer paperback was revised from the hardcover first edition. The British edition from 1967 by Four Square books is also revised, possibly they are the same revisions.
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Other Titles

Translations Serializations Translated Serializations
Year Language Title
1971Translated by Heinz F. Kliem
German Planet der Verbannten
1978Translated by C. & L. Meistermann
French Le sanctuaire terrifiant
1986 Italian Il pianeta maledetto
Year Title
1948 Dreadful Sanctuary (Part 1 of 3)
1948 Dreadful Sanctuary (Part 2 of 3)
1948 Dreadful Sanctuary (Part 3 of 3)
Year Language Title
1953Translated by Pietro Leoni
Italian Il pianeta maledetto (Complete Novel)

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Astounding Science Fiction, June 1948 1948-06-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
164
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 Timmins Checkmark
Astounding Science Fiction, July 1948 1948-07-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
164
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 Bonestell Checkmark
Astounding Science Fiction, August 1948 1948-08-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
164
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 Canedo Checkmark
Dreadful Sanctuary 1951-00-00 Eric Frank Russell Fantasy Press  
$2.75?$: US dollar
276
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Edd Cartier Checkmark
Dreadful Sanctuary 1953-00-00 Eric Frank Russell Museum Press (Science Fiction Club)  
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).
259
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
I Romanzi di Urania #16 1953-05-20 ed. Giorgio Monicelli Mondadori 16
Lit 150?Lit: Italian lira
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 Curt Caesar Checkmark
Dreadful Sanctuary 1963-00-00 Eric Frank Russell Lancer Books (Lancer Science Fiction Library) 74-819
$0.75?$: US dollar
174
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.
novel Ed Emshwiller Checkmark
Dreadful Sanctuary 1967-00-00 Eric Frank Russell Lancer Books 72-149
$0.50?$: US dollar
174
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.
novel Kelly Freas Checkmark
Dreadful Sanctuary 1967-01-00 Eric Frank Russell Four Square Books 1719
5/-?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).
255
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.
novel Checkmark
Planet der Verbannten 1971-00-06 Eric Frank Russell Ullstein (Ullstein 2000 #12 (2849)) 3-548-02849-7
DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
142
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.
novel Gene Szafran Checkmark
Dreadful Sanctuary 1972-12-00 Eric Frank Russell Dennis Dobson 0-234-77825-3
£2.10?£: UK pound
255
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Richard Weaver (artist) Checkmark
La grande explosion / Le sanctuaire terrifiant 1978-08-28 Eric Frank Russell OPTA (Club du Livre d'Anticipation #69) 2-7201-0104-4   640
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Jean-Louis Floch Checkmark
Il pianeta maledetto 1986-06-00 Eric Frank Russell Mondadori (Classici Urania #111) 28949-6
Lit 4,000?Lit: Italian lira
186
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.
novel Vicente Segrelles  
Dreadful Sanctuary 1989-07-00 Eric Frank Russell Mandarin 0-7493-0073-6
£3.50?£: UK pound
255
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.
novel Checkmark
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