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Title: Birth of a Salesman Title Record # 50551
Author: James Tiptree, Jr.
Date: 1968-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Written 1967
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Translations
Year Language Title
1976Translated by Gertrud Baruch
German Geburt eines Handlungsreisenden
1986Translated by Pierre-Paul Durastanti
French Naissance d'un commis voyageur
2009Translated by María Pilar San Román.
Spanish Nacimiento de un viajante
2014New translation. Translated by Frank Böhmert DON'T MERGE with earlier same titled item.
German Geburt eines Handlungsreisenden

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, March 1968 1968-03-00 ed. John W. Campbell Condé Nast  
$0.60?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
180
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 Kelly Freas Checkmark
Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home 1973-07-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Ace Books 0-441-80180-3 / 80180
$0.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
319
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home 1975-05-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Eyre Methuen 0-413-33420-1
£3.60?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
312
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
10,000 Light-Years from Home 1976-06-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Gregg Press (The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series) 0-8398-2322-3
$13.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xxxvi+
312
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Beam uns nachhaus 1976-11-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3514) 3-453-30380-6
DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
160
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 Enrich Torres Checkmark
Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home 1977-02-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Pan Books 0-330-24895-2
£0.60?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
254+
[1]
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 Gino D'Achille Checkmark
Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home 1978-04-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Ace Books 0-441-80181-1
$1.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
viii+
374
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 Patrick Woodroffe Checkmark
Heyne Science Fiction Jahresband 1981 1981-04-00 ed. Wolfgang Jeschke Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3790) 3-453-30693-7
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
474+
[1]
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 Jim Burns Checkmark
Letzte Bestellung: 9 Romane und Erzählungen prominenter Sf-Autoren 1983-00-00 ed. Wolfgang Jeschke Deutscher Bücherbund     463
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Le livre d'or de la science-fiction: James Tiptree Jr 1986-10-16 James Tiptree, Jr. Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5243) 2-266-01836-1   384
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 Laverdet  
10000 Lichtjahre von zuhaus 1987-00-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Heyne (Bibliothek der Science Fiction Literatur #65) 3-453-00411-6
DM 12.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999
431
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 Stephen Hickman Checkmark
A diez mil años luz 2009-11-00 James Tiptree, Jr. Grupo AJEC (Albemuth Internacional #27) 978-84-96013-63-6
€16.95?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR
254
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 Estudio AJEC Checkmark
Doktor Ain 2014-01-31 James Tiptree, Jr. Septime (James Tiptree, Jr.: Sämtliche Erzählungen #1) 978-3-902711-23-6
€23.90?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR
463+
[4]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll
Jürgen Schütz?Juergen Schuetz
Checkmark
Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home 2020-08-06 James Tiptree, Jr. Penguin Books (Penguin Classics Science Fiction) 978-0-241-46923-1
£8.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
362
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 Tom Etherington Checkmark
Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home 2020-08-06 James Tiptree, Jr. Penguin Books (Penguin Classics Science Fiction) 978-0-14-199423-9
£8.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Tom Etherington  
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