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Title: Commencement Night Title Record # 55895
Author: Richard Ashby
Date: 1953-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Astounding Science Fiction, August 1953 1953-08-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.35?$: 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 Van Dongen Checkmark
Astounding Science Fiction, January 1954 (UK) 1954-01-00 ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
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).
132
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 Van Dongen Checkmark
Giants Unleashed 1965-00-00 ed. Groff Conklin Grosset & Dunlap  
$2.95?$: US dollar
viii+
248
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Spectrum V 1966-00-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (1))  
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).
272
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Giants Unleashed 1966-04-00 ed. Groff Conklin Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap T-111
$0.50?$: US dollar
viii+
248
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 Louis S. Glanzman Checkmark
Spectrum V 1967-00-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Harcourt, Brace & World  
$4.50?$: US dollar
303
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Carl Smith  
Spectrum V 1967-09-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 125
8/-?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).
 
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Spectrum 5 1968-08-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Berkley Medallion S1595
$0.75?$: US dollar
303
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 Paul Lehr Checkmark
Spectrum V 1969-00-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Pan Books 0-330-02236-9
£0.25?£: UK pound
283
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 W. F. Phillipps Checkmark
Spectrum V 1969-10-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Harcourt, Brace & World     303
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Carl Smith Checkmark
Minds Unleashed 1970-10-00 ed. Groff Conklin Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap 5361
$0.95?$: US dollar
248
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
Spectrum 5 1972-00-00 ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Pan Books 0-330-02236-9
£0.30?£: UK pound
282+
[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 Checkmark
Minds Unleashed date unknown ed. Groff Conklin Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap 0-448-12130-1
$1.25?$: US dollar
248
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
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