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Title: The Light That Failed! Title Record # 123774
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1963-06-00
Type: ESSAY
Series: Asimov's Essays: F&SF
Language: English
Note: science column
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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1963 1963-06-00 ed. Avram Davidson Mercury Press, Inc.  
$0.40?$: US dollar
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 Emsh Checkmark
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [UK], October 1963 1963-10-00 ed. uncredited Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd  
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).
116
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  
Adding a Dimension: Seventeen Essays on the History of Science 1964-06-05 Isaac Asimov Doubleday  
$3.95?$: US dollar
xi+
202+
[2]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic Alex Gotfryd Checkmark
Adding a Dimension: Seventeen Essays on the History of Science 1966-00-00 Isaac Asimov Dennis Dobson  
25/-?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).
xi+
202
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic Christopher Evans Checkmark
Adding a Dimension 1975-03-00 Isaac Asimov Discus Books 0-380-00278-7 / 22673
$1.25?$: US dollar
205
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.
non-fic Checkmark
Adding a Dimension 1975-03-00 Isaac Asimov Discus Books 0-380-00278-7 / 22673
C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar
205
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.
non-fic Checkmark
Asimov on Physics 1976-00-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday 0-385-00958-5
$9.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
204
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic  
Asimov on Physics 1979-01-00 Isaac Asimov Discus / Avon 0-380-41848-7
$2.50?$: US dollar
254
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.
non-fic Checkmark
Asimov on Physics date unknown Isaac Asimov Discus / Avon 0-380-41848-7
$4.50?$: US dollar
254
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.
non-fic Checkmark
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