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Title: A Tale of Negative Gravity Title Record # 69125
Author: Frank R. Stockton
Date: 1884-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: First published in The Century, November 1884.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1983 German Die Erzählung von der negativen Schwerkraft
1985Translated by Karl Heinz Berger
German Eine Geschichte von negativer Schwerkraft
1985 Hungarian Történet a negatív gravitációról

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Century Magazine, November 1884 1884-11-00 ed. Editors of Century Magazine The Century Co.      
octavo?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag  
The Christmas Wreck and Other Stories 1886-00-00 Frank R. Stockton Charles Scribner's Sons     iii+
242
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
A Borrowed Month and Other Stories 1887-00-00 Frank R. Stockton David Douglas (Author's Edition #45) 45   276
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
A Chosen Few, Short Stories 1895-00-00 Frank R. Stockton Charles Scribner's Sons     vi+
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Great Stories of All Nations: One Hundred Sixty Complete Stories from the Literatures of All Periods and Countries 1933-00-00 ed. Maxim Lieber, Blanche Colton Williams Tudor Publishing Company     1132
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Beyond Time and Space 1950-05-00 ed. August Derleth Pellegrini & Cudahy  
$4.50?$: US dollar
xiv+
643
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Ghosts, Ghouls and Other Nuisances 1959-00-00 ed. Maxim Lieber Seven Seas Publishers  
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).
272
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  
An Omnibus of American Mysteries 1959-00-00 ed. Michael Eenhoorn Juniper Press (Forgotten Classics of Mystery #2)  
$2.95?$: US dollar
383
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Journeys in Science Fiction 1961-00-00 ed. Richard L. Loughlin, Lilian M. Popp Globe Book Company  
$3.52?$: US dollar
655+
[1]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Journeys in Science Fiction 1961-00-00 ed. Richard L. Loughlin, Lilian M. Popp Globe Book Company  
$3.76?$: US dollar
655+
[1]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Tales of the Uncanny 1962-10-00 ed. uncredited Panther 1454
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).
127
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 John Richards  
A Chosen Few, Short Stories 1969-00-00 Frank R. Stockton Books for Libraries Press (Short Story Index Reprint Series) 0-8369-3074-6   vi+
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Science Fiction of Frank R. Stockton 1976-06-00 Frank R. Stockton Gregg Press (The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series) 0-8398-2344-4
$15.00?$: US dollar
xiii+
453
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century 1981-06-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Beaufort Books 0-8253-0038-X
$15.95?$: US dollar
316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century 1983-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Gollancz 0-575-03305-3
£9.95?£: UK pound
316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century 1991-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Knightsbridge 1-56129-086-6
$4.95?$: US dollar
316
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 George Roux Checkmark
A Chosen Few, Short Stories 2008-05-00 Frank R. Stockton Project Gutenberg 25549    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Penny Dread Tales, Volume One: Gears, Coils, Aether & Steam 2011-04-00 ed. Christopher Ficco RuneWright 978-0-9832782-0-7
$16.95?$: US dollar
379
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 Laura Givens  
Classic Science Fiction Stories 2011-04-00 ed. Tig Thomas Miles Kelly Publishing 978-1-84810-477-8
£14.99?£: UK pound
511
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 Philcold Checkmark
The Wordsworth Collection of Science Fiction 2011-12-00 ed. David Stuart Davies Wordsworth Editions 978-1-84022-656-0
£6.99?£: UK pound
xiv+
1312
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 Nathan Clair Checkmark
The Phoenix Pick Anthology of Classic Science Fiction: Second Edition 2016-10-18 ed. Paul Cook Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-301-2
$34.95?$: US dollar
 
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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