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Title: The Hour of Letdown

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Title: The Hour of Letdown Title Record # 56056
Author: E. B. White
Date: 1951-12-22
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The New Yorker, December 22, 1951 1951-12-22 ed. Editors of the New Yorker        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1952 1952-08-00 ed. Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas Fantasy House, Inc.  
$0.35?$: 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 George Gibbons Checkmark
The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories 1956-10-00 ed. Ray Bradbury Bantam Books A1519
$0.35?$: US dollar
xi+
210
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 Daniel Schwartz (artist) Checkmark
Mid-Century: An Anthology of Distinguished Contemporary American Short Stories 1958-00-00 ed. Orville Prescott Pocket Books (The Pocket Library) PL65
$0.35?$: US dollar
xi+
320
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  
Of Men and Machines 1963-00-00 ed. Arthur O. Lewis, Jr. E. P. Dutton D130
$1.95?$: US dollar
xxxi+
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.
anth Seymour Chwast Checkmark
Out of This World 5 1965-00-00 ed. Mably Owen, Amabel Williams-Ellis Blackie  
12/6?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).
188
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Harry Green Checkmark
Out of This World 5 1967-00-00 ed. Mably Owen, Amabel Williams-Ellis Blackie  
16/-?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).
188
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Modern Satiric Stories: The Impropriety Principle 1971-03-03 ed. Gregory Fitz Gerald Scott, Foresman and Company 5881   viii+
472
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  
Out of This World Choice 1972-09-00 Mably Owen, Amabel Williams-Ellis Blackie 0-216-89346-1
£1.50?£: UK pound
188+
188
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Harry Green Checkmark
Wide-Angle Lens: Stories of Time and Space 1980-07-00 ed. Phyllis R. Fenner William Morrow 0-688-22241-2
$7.95?$: US dollar
223
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
50 Great American Short Stories 1980-08-00 ed. Milton Crane Bantam Books (Bantam Literature) 0-553-14528-2
$2.95?$: US dollar
x+
502
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  
75 Short Masterpieces: Stories from the World's Literature 1983-08-00 ed. Roger B. Goodman Bantam Books 0-553-25141-4
$3.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
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 Checkmark
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