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Title: The Diamond Lens Title Record # 54653
Author: Fitz-James O'Brien
Date: 1858-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English
Note: Originally published in Atlantic Monthly, January 1858.
Synopsis: Available on page 311, Bleiler (Gernsback).
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Year Title
1858 The Diamond Lens [as by uncredited]
Year Language Title
1950ⓘTranslated by Jacques Papy in the collection Qu'était-ce? et autres récits, 1950 (and mistakenly credited to Georgette Camille in Jacques Finné's Anthology, L'Amérique fantastique de Poe à Lovecraft, 1973).
 French La lentille de diamant [as by Fitz James O'Brien]
1950 French La lentille de diamant
1965ⓘ
  • Translated by Z. Juranić
Croatian
Dijamantna leća?Dijamantna leca
1979ⓘTranslated by Michael Walter.
 German Die Diamantlinse
1980ⓘTranslated by Maria-Ana Tupan
 Romanian Lentila de diamant
1988ⓘTranslated by Roberta Rambelli
 Italian La lente di diamante
1989ⓘTranslated by Rosemarie Hundertmarck
 German Die Diamanten-Linse
2010ⓘTranslated by Tommi Brem.
 German Das diamantene Vergrößerungsglas

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Atlantic Monthly, January 1858 1858-01-00 ed. Editors of The Atlantic Monthly        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
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Atlantic Tales: A Collection of Stories from the Atlantic Monthly 1866-00-00 ed. uncredited Ticknor and Fields     479
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The Poems and Stories of Fitz-James O'Brien 1881-00-00 Fitz-James O'Brien James R. Osgood and Co.     lxii+
485
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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The Diamond Lens with Other Stories 1885-00-00 Fitz-James O'Brien Charles Scribner's Sons     xx+
337
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The Diamond Lens 1900-00-00 ed. uncredited Happy Hour Library     93
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.
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Short Story Classics (American) 1905-00-00 ed. William Patten P. F. Collier & Son     xxiv+
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358
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The Diamond Lens 1909-00-00 Fitz-James O'Brien Henry Altemus Company     88
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Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Mystic-Humorous Stories 1920-00-00 ed. Joseph Lewis French Doubleday, Page & Company     ix+
265
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Famous Mystery Stories 1922-00-00 ed. J. Walker McSpadden Thomas Y. Crowell (The "Mystery" Library)  
$1.25?$: US dollar
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292
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Collected Stories 1925-00-00 Fitz-James O'Brien Albert & Charles Boni (American Library #17)  
$2.00?$: US dollar
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240
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Amazing Stories, December 1926 1926-12-00 ed. Hugo Gernsback Experimenter Publishing Co.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
 104
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
 mag Paul Checkmark
Two Great Mystery Stories 1927-00-00 Fitz-James O'Brien Haldeman-Julius (Little Blue Book #1155)     64
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.
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Weird Tales, April 1929 1929-04-00 ed. Farnsworth Wright Popular Fiction Publishing Co.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
 148
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
 mag Hugh Rankin  
American Short Stories of the Nineteenth Century 1930-00-00 ed. John Cournos J. M. Dent & Sons     372
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Amazing Stories, October 1933 1933-10-00 ed. T. O'Conor Sloane, Ph.D. Teck Publications, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
 148
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
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Famous Mystery and Detective Stories 1938-00-00 J. Walker McSpadden Blue Ribbon Books     639
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Tales of Terror and Surprise 1942-11-00 ed. uncredited Mitre Press  
2/-?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).
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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 Jeff Cook  
Twenty-Two Strange Stories 1945-00-00 ed. John L. Hardie Art & Educational Publishers  
8/6?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).
 280
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Famous Tales of Terror and the Supernatural 1945-00-00 ed. uncredited Gulliver Books  
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).
 96
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.
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Strange Stories: The Last Seven 1946-00-00 ed. John L. Hardie Art & Educational Publishers  
1/3?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).
 80
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.
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Strange and Fantastic Stories: Fifty Tales of Terror, Horror, and Fantasy 1946-00-00 ed. Joseph A. Margolies Whittlesey House  
$3.75?$: US dollar
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762
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth George Salter Checkmark
Bedside Tales of Mystery and Suspense 1963-00-00 ed. uncredited Panther 1473
2/6?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).
 126
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.
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Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century 1966-00-00 ed. H. Bruce Franklin Oxford University Press  
$6.50?$: US dollar
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402
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Ursula Suess Checkmark
Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century 1968-00-00 ed. H. Bruce Franklin Oxford University Press 0-19-680730-1 / GB241
$2.25?$: US dollar
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402
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.
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Shapes of the Supernatural 1969-00-00 ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley Doubleday 0-385-04116-0
$5.95?$: US dollar
 371
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 anth Paul Covington Checkmark
Werewolf 1973-00-00 ed. Ken Krueger Fantasy House (Fantasy Classics #2)  
$1.95?$: US dollar
 48
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
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From Gilgamesh to Wells 1977-09-00 ed. James Gunn Mentor / New American Library 0-451-61578-6 / ME1578
$2.25?$: US dollar
 404
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.
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Future Perfect, Revised Edition 1978-00-00 ed. H. Bruce Franklin Oxford University Press 0-19-502323-4
$4.95?$: US dollar
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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.
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Future Perfect, Revised Edition 1978-00-00 ed. H. Bruce Franklin Oxford University Press, USA 0-19-502322-6
$15.00?$: US dollar
 xi+
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hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Science Fiction: Creators and Pioneers 1979-00-00 ed. Arthur Liebman Richards Rosen 0-8239-0493-8   x+
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The Gernsback Awards 1926: Volume 1 1982-00-00 ed. Forrest J Ackerman Triton Books 0-943958-01-6
$14.95?$: US dollar
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hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Frank R. Paul Checkmark
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction Firsts 1984-04-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Beaufort Books 0-8253-0184-X
$17.95?$: US dollar
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The Supernatural Tales of Fitz-James O'Brien, Volume One: Macabre Tales 1988-03-00 Fitz-James O'Brien Doubleday 0-385-24562-9
$12.95?$: US dollar
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 coll Candy Jernigan Checkmark
Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century (Revised and Expanded Edition) 1995-02-00 ed. H. Bruce Franklin Rutgers University Press 0-8135-2152-1
$15.95?$: US dollar
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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 Joseph Stella Checkmark
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction Firsts 1996-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0254-3
$6.98?$: US dollar
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hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Erich Schrempp Checkmark
American Gothic 1997-09-00 ed. Terri Hardin, Elizabeth Terry Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0349-3
$7.98?$: US dollar
 xiv+
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 anth Duncan Hannah  
Great Weird Tales 1998-12-00 ed. S. T. Joshi Dover Publications 0-486-40436-6
$8.95?$: US dollar
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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.
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The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy 2000-07-18 ed. Garyn G. Roberts Prentice-Hall 0-13-021280-6
$47.00?$: US dollar
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1166
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 Frank R. Paul Checkmark
From Gilgamesh to Wells 2002-11-00 ed. James Gunn Scarecrow Press 0-8108-4414-1
$29.95?$: US dollar
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349
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.
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The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy 2003-00-00 ed. Garyn G. Roberts Prentice-Hall 0-13-021280-6   xviii+
1166
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 Frank R. Paul Checkmark
Masterpieces of Mystery: Mystic-Humorous Stories 2006-11-28 ed. Joseph Lewis French Wildside Press 0-8095-0095-7
$19.95?$: US dollar
 ix+
265
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.
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The Diamond Lens 2007-10-24 Fitz-James O'Brien Project Gutenberg 23169    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
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The Wondersmith and Others 2008-04-00 Fitz-James O'Brien Ash-Tree Press 978-1-55310-106-2
C$49.00?C$: Canadian dollar
 xxiv+
272
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jason Zerrillo  
The Diamond Lens 2010-11-17 Fitz-James O'Brien Pulp Classics 978-1-55742-186-9
$3.99?$: US dollar
 38
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.
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Short Science Fiction Collection 044 2011-11-09 ed. LibriVox LibriVox      
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
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The Monster-Maker and Other Science Fiction Classics 2012-00-00 ed. Michael Kelahan Fall River Press 978-1-4351-2507-0   xi+
417
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Jason Chow Checkmark
Masterpieces of Mystery: Mystic-Humorous Stories 2015-07-01 ed. Joseph Lewis French CreateSpace 978-1-5147-7117-4
$9.99?$: US dollar
 142
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.
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The Diamond Lens 2015-10-28 Fitz-James O'Brien Project Gutenberg 50332
$0.00?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
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The Diamond Lens 2015-11-26 Fitz-James O'Brien CreateSpace 978-1-5194-2501-0
$3.99?$: US dollar
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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.
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Fantastic Stories Presents the Weird Tales Super Pack #2 2016-09-07 ed. Warren Lapine Positronic Publishing 978-1-5154-1076-8
$16.99?$: US dollar
 450
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 prometeus  
Fantastic Stories Presents the Weird Tales Super Pack #2 2016-09-23 ed. Warren Lapine Positronic Publishing 978-1-5154-1107-9
$1.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth prometeus  
Classic Tales of Science Fiction & Fantasy 2016-10-11 uncredited Canterbury Classics (Leather-bound Classics) 978-1-62686-801-4
$24.99?$: US dollar
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1000
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni Checkmark
Fitz-James O'Brien: Gothic Short Stories 2017-11-25 Fitz-James O'Brien A Bit O'Irish Press (Gothic Library Editions) 978-0-692-96210-7
$24.99?$: US dollar
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490
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 Henry Fuseli  
Fantastic Stories Presents the Weird Tales Super Pack #2 2018-04-03 ed. Warren Lapine Positronic Publishing 978-1-5154-2090-3
$24.99?$: US dollar
 452
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth prometeus  
A Brilliant Void 2018-11-16 ed. Jack Fennell Tramp Press (Recovered Voices #5) 978-1-9997008-5-0
£12.00?£: UK pound
 266
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.
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Weird Tales (disc 2) 2019-00-00 ed. uncredited        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
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The Big Book of Classic Fantasy: The Ultimate Collection 2019-07-02 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Vintage Books 978-0-525-43557-0
$12.99?$: US dollar
 xix+
822
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Grandville  
The Big Book of Classic Fantasy: The Ultimate Collection 2019-07-02 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Vintage Books 978-0-525-43556-3
$25.00?$: US dollar
 xix+
822
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 Grandville Checkmark
Classic Science Fiction 2019-10-08 ed. uncredited Canterbury Classics (Word Cloud Classics) 978-1-68412-995-9
$14.99?$: US dollar
 800
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.
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Classic Science Fiction Stories 2022-05-12 ed. Adam Roberts Macmillan UK (Macmillan Collector's Library #323) 978-1-5290-6907-5
£10.99?£: UK pound
 xviii+
392
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Classic Science Fiction Stories 2022-05-12 ed. Adam Roberts Macmillan UK (Macmillan Collector's Library #323) 978-1-5290-6908-2
£4.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
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From Gilgamesh to Wells date unknown ed. James Gunn Mentor 0-451-61578-6
$2.25?$: US dollar
 404
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.
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From Gilgamesh to Wells date unknown ed. James Gunn Scarecrow Press 978-0-8108-4414-8   xviii+
349
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.
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