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Title: Letter from the Stars Title Record # 70704
Author: A. E. van Vogt
Date: 1950-07-00
Variant Title of: Dear Pen Pal (1949) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Current Tags: science fiction (1), body swap (1), first contact (1)

Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Out of this World Adventures, July 1950 1950-07-00 ed. Donald A. Wollheim Avon Periodicals  
$0.25?$: US dollar
132
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag  
Beyond the End of Time 1952-01-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Permabooks P145
$0.35?$: US dollar
407
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
Nebula Science Fiction, Number 1 1952-10-00 ed. Peter Hamilton, Jr. Crownpoint Publications Ltd.  
2/-?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).
120
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 Alan Hunter Checkmark
The Earth in Peril / Who Speaks of Conquest? 1957-02-00 Donald A. Wollheim, Lan Wright Ace Books (Ace Double #D-205) D-205
$0.35?$: US dollar
158+
160
dos?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.
omni Ed Emshwiller , Stanley Meltzoff Checkmark
Destination: Universe! 1964-09-00 A. E. van Vogt Berkley Medallion F893
$0.50?$: US dollar
160
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 Richard Powers  
Destination: Universe! 1964-12-00 A. E. van Vogt Berkley Medallion F893
$0.50?$: US dollar
160
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 Richard Powers  
Out of this World Adventures, July 1950 2008-12-04 ed. Donald A. Wollheim Altus Press 978-1-4404-5103-4
$14.95?$: US dollar
130
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 Checkmark
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