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Title: A Medicine for Melancholy

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Title: A Medicine for Melancholy Title Record # 58407
Author: Ray Bradbury
Date: 1959-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: In 1762 London, the mysterious wasting away of a teenage girl leads her family to desperate attempts to find a cure, which eventually succeed.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1961Translated by Jacqueline Hardy
French
Un remède à la mélancolie?Un remede à la melancolie
1963Translated by Roberta Rambelli
Italian Una medicina per la malinconia
1965Translated by Fernando M. Sesén as F. Sesén.
Spanish Medicina para la melancolía
1969Translated by Margarete Bormann
German
Medizin für Melancholie?Medizin fuer Melancholie
1973Translated by Arne Herløv Petersen
Danish Medicin mod melankoli
1984Translated by Jacqueline Hardy
French
Et l'été ne dura qu'un jour?Et l'ete ne dura qu'un jour
1984Translated by Laura Grimaldi
Italian Una medicina per la malinconia
2002Translated by Laura Grimaldi
Italian Una medicina per la malinconia (Il Rimedio Sovrano Rivelato!)

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
A Medicine for Melancholy 1959-00-00 Ray Bradbury Doubleday  
$3.75?$: US dollar
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Joseph Mugniani Checkmark
A Medicine for Melancholy 1960-04-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books A2069
$0.35?$: US dollar
183
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.
coll Checkmark
Un remède à la mélancolie 1961-00-00 Ray Bradbury
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#49)
    256
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.
coll  
A Medicine for Melancholy 1963-09-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books F2637
$0.50?$: US dollar
183
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.
coll Checkmark
A Medicine for Melancholy 1963-09-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books F2637
$0.50?$: US dollar
183
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.
coll Checkmark
La fine del principio 1963-09-30 Ray Bradbury Casa Editrice La Tribuna  
Lit 1,200?Lit: Italian lira
350
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Duccio Alessandri Checkmark
La fine del principio 1963-09-30 Ray Bradbury Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #2)  
Lit 1,200?Lit: Italian lira
352
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 Duccio Alessandri  
Medicina contra la melancolia 1965-00-00 Ray Bradbury Vértice (Galaxia #30)     213
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.
coll Scholler  
The Vintage Bradbury 1965-09-00 Ray Bradbury Vintage Books     v+
329
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Vintage Bradbury 1965-09-00 Ray Bradbury Vintage Books V-294
$1.45?$: US dollar
x+
329
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.
coll Checkmark
The Vintage Bradbury 1966-00-00 Ray Bradbury Vintage Books V-294
$1.45?$: US dollar
v+
329
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.
coll  
Twice Twenty-two 1966-01-00 Ray Bradbury Doubleday  
$4.95?$: US dollar
406
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Joseph Mugnaini  
Twice Twenty-two 1966-03-00 Ray Bradbury Doubleday / SFBC 2696
$1.90?$: US dollar
406
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Joseph Mugnaini Checkmark
A Medicine for Melancholy 1967-05-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books H3398
$0.60?$: US dollar
183
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.
coll Checkmark
A Medicine for Melancholy 1967-07-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books S5268
$0.75?$: US dollar
183
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.
coll Checkmark
Medizin für Melancholie 1969-00-00 Ray Bradbury Marion von Schröder (Science Fiction & Fantastica)  
DM 10.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
210
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 Klaus Kammerichs , Heinz Edelmann Checkmark
Un remède à la mélancolie?Un remede à la melancolie
1969-12-00 Ray Bradbury
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#49)
 
F8.50?F: French frank
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.
coll Checkmark
La fine del principio 1970-00-00 Ray Bradbury Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #2)     352
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Duccio Alessandri  
A Medicine for Melancholy 1971-01-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books S5268
$0.75?$: US dollar
183
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.
coll Checkmark
Medizin für Melancholie 1971-11-00 Ray Bradbury Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3267) 3267
DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
144
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.
coll Checkmark
Medizin für Melancholie 1972-00-00 Ray Bradbury Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3267) 3267
DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
144
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.
coll Checkmark
Ildsøjlen 1973-00-00 Ray Bradbury
Stig Vendelkær?Stig Vendelkaer
(SV Science Fiction)
87-416-4859-5
dkr 15.00?dkr: Danish krone (crown)
187
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.
coll Ole Kragh Checkmark
Medizin für Melancholie 1974-00-00 Ray Bradbury Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3267) 3267
DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
143
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.
coll Checkmark
Un remède à la mélancolie 1975-01-30 Ray Bradbury
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#49)
    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.
coll  
A Medicine for Melancholy 1977-06-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books 0-553-10390-3
$1.75?$: US dollar
183
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.
coll Checkmark
Un remède à la mélancolie 1979-07-05 Ray Bradbury
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#49)
    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.
coll
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
 
Medizin für Melancholie?Medizin fuer Melancholie
1980-00-00 Ray Bradbury Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3267) 3-453-30144-7
DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
191
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.
coll Karel Thole Checkmark
The Stories of Ray Bradbury 1980-10-31 Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf 0-394-51335-5
$17.95?$: US dollar
xx+
884
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll R. D. Scudellari Checkmark
The Stories of Ray Bradbury 1980-12-00 Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf 0-394-51335-5
$17.95?$: US dollar
xx+
884
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll R. D. Scudellari  
The Stories of Ray Bradbury 1981-00-00 Ray Bradbury Granada 0-246-11540-8
£12.50?£: UK pound
xx+
884
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Medizin für Melancholie 1981-00-00 Ray Bradbury Diogenes (detebe #20865) 3-257-20865-0
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
222
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.
coll Tomi Ungerer  
The Stories of Ray Bradbury 1981-02-00 Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf 0-394-51335-5
$17.95?$: US dollar
xx+
884
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll R. D. Scudellari Checkmark
A Medicine for Melancholy 1981-09-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Books 0-553-20426-2
$2.25?$: US dollar
183
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.
coll Ian Miller Checkmark
The Stories of Ray Bradbury Volume 2 1983-01-27 Ray Bradbury Granada 0-586-05749-8
£2.95?£: UK pound
683
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.
coll Checkmark
La montagne sans nom et autres récits sur la nature?La montagne sans nom et autres recits sur la nature
1984-07-03 ed. Christian Grenier Gallimard (Folio junior #2) 2-07-034102-X   136
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 Bilal  
34 Racconti 1984-11-07 Ray Bradbury Mondadori (Oscar #1789) 25324-5
Lit 8,000?Lit: Italian lira
375
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.
coll Karel Thole Checkmark
The Stories of Ray Bradbury Volume 2 1985-00-00 Ray Bradbury Granada 0-586-05749-8
£3.95?£: UK pound
683
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.
coll Checkmark
Classic Stories 2 1990-05-00 Ray Bradbury Bantam Spectra (The Grand Master Editions) 0-553-28638-2
$3.95?$: US dollar
341
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.
coll Don Maitz  
The Vintage Bradbury 1990-07-00 Ray Bradbury Vintage Books 0-679-72946-1
$8.95?$: US dollar
329
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  
The Stories of Ray Bradbury 1990-10-00 Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf 0-394-51335-5
$29.95?$: US dollar
912
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll R. D. Scudellari Checkmark
A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories 1998-00-00 Ray Bradbury Avon Books 0-380-73086-3
$12.95?$: US dollar
307
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 Tim O'Brien  
A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories 2001-00-00 Ray Bradbury Perennial / HarperCollins 0-380-73086-3
$13.95?$: US dollar
307
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 Tim O'Brien Checkmark
Il grande mondo laggiù. 34 Racconti 2002-01-00 Ray Bradbury Mondadori (Piccola Biblioteca Oscar #273) 88-04-49997-4
€7.80?€: Euro
434
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.
coll  
The Day It Rained Forever / A Medicine for Melancholy 2008-11-00 Ray Bradbury PS Publishing 978-1-84863-006-2
£250.00?£: UK pound
viii+
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Tomislav Tikulin , Chris Roberts  
Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 1 2008-12-00 Ray Bradbury HarperVoyager 978-0-00-728047-6
£16.99?£: UK pound
xx+
956
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Stories of Ray Bradbury 2010-04-06 Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf (Everyman's Library #326) 978-0-307-26905-8
$32.00?$: US dollar
xliii+
1059
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 1 2012-06-28 Ray Bradbury Harper Voyager (UK) 978-0-00-749768-3
£1.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories 2013-04-30 Ray Bradbury William Morrow / HarperCollins 978-0-06-224210-5
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Tim O'Brien  
The Vintage Bradbury date unknown Ray Bradbury Vintage Books V-294
$1.65?$: US dollar
v+
329
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.
coll  
A Medicine for Melancholy date unknown Ray Bradbury Bantam Books N8098
$0.95?$: US dollar
183
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.
coll Checkmark
A Medicine for Melancholy date unknown Ray Bradbury Bantam Books Q2668
$1.25?$: US dollar
183
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.
coll Checkmark
The Vintage Bradbury date unknown Ray Bradbury Vintage Books V-294
$2.95?$: US dollar
x+
329
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.
coll  
Classic Stories 2 date unknown Ray Bradbury Bantam Spectra (The Grand Master Editions) 0-553-28638-2
$4.99?$: US dollar
341
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.
coll Don Maitz Checkmark
The Vintage Bradbury date unknown Ray Bradbury Vintage Books 0-679-72946-1
$13.00?$: US dollar
x+
329
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  
The Vintage Bradbury date unknown Ray Bradbury Vintage Books V-294
$1.95?$: US dollar
v+
329
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.
coll Peter Rauch Checkmark
The Vintage Bradbury date unknown Ray Bradbury Vintage Books 0-394-74059-9
$1.95?$: US dollar
v+
329
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.
coll  
The Vintage Bradbury date unknown Ray Bradbury Vintage Books 0-394-74059-9
$2.95?$: US dollar
v+
329
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.
coll  
The Vintage Bradbury date unknown Ray Bradbury Vintage Books 0-394-74059-9
$4.95?$: US dollar
xii+
329
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.
coll Checkmark
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