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Title: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Title Record # 97831
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Date: 1922-05-27
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: Benjamin Button is born 70 years old and ages backwards. Apparently he's the only one this is happening to. Everybody is very upset about this.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1980Translated by Walter E. Richartz (initially for Diogenes publishing house)
German Der seltsame Fall des Benjamin Button
1980Translated by Walter E. Richartz.
German Der seltsame Fall des Benjamin Button [as by Francis Scott Fitzgerald]
2008Translated by Christa Schuenke
German Der seltsame Fall des Benjamin Button
2022Translated by Gustavo Terranova
Portuguese O curioso caso de Benjamin Button
2023Translated by Enrico De Luca.
Italian Il curioso caso di Benjamin Button [as by Francis Scott Fitzgerald]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Collier's, May 27, 1922 1922-05-27 ed. Editors of Collier's P. F. Collier & Son      
octavo?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag  
Tales of the Jazz Age 1922-09-00 F. Scott Fitzgerald Charles Scribner's Sons     xi+
317
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll John Held, Jr.  
Pause to Wonder 1944-00-00 ed. Marjorie Fischer, Rolfe Humphries Julian Messner  
$3.00?$: US dollar
xx+
572
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Avon Ghost Reader 1946-00-00 ed. uncredited Avon Book Co. (New Avon Library #90) 90
$0.25?$: US dollar
258
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
Travelers in Time, Strange Tales of Man's Journeyings Into the Past and the Future 1947-07-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Doubleday  
$3.50?$: US dollar
483
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Treasury of Science Fiction Classics 1954-00-00 ed. Harold W. Kuebler Hanover House  
$2.95?$: US dollar
x+
694
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Richard Powers Checkmark
The Treasury of Science Fiction Classics 1954-00-00 ed. Harold W. Kuebler Hanover House / SFBC  
$1.65?$: US dollar
694
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Richard M. Powers Checkmark
Die besten klassischen Science-Fiction-Geschichten 1983-00-00 ed. William Matheson Diogenes (detebe #21049) 3-257-21049-3
DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
447
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
Die Fussangeln der Zeit 1984-03-00 ed. Karl Michael Armer, Wolfgang Jeschke Heyne (Bibliothek der Science Fiction Literatur #28) 3-453-31019-5
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
346
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 R. Michael Payne Checkmark
The Fantasy and Mystery Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald 1991-00-00 F. Scott Fitzgerald Robert Hale 0-7090-4612-X
£12.95?£: UK pound
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Die besten klassischen Science-Fiction-Geschichten 1993-00-00 ed. William Matheson Diogenes (detebe #21049) 3-257-21049-3
DM 16.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
447
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  
Die Gehäuse der Zeit 1994-00-00 ed. Karl Michael Armer, Wolfgang Jeschke Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #5075) 3-453-07268-5
DM 25.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
784
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 Karel Thole Checkmark
Tales of the Jazz Age 2004-10-01 F. Scott Fitzgerald Project Gutenberg 6695    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008-00-00 F. Scott Fitzgerald Collins Design / HarperCollins 978-0-06-114418-9
$12.95?$: US dollar
64
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
chap Calef Brown  
Der seltsame Fall des Benjamin Button 2008-00-00 F. Scott Fitzgerald Diogenes 978-3-257-23659-0
€5.90?€: Euro
80
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.
chap George Barbier Checkmark
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps 2009-00-00 ed. Peter Straub The Library of America (The Library of America #196) 978-1-59853-047-6
$35.00?$: US dollar
xv+
746
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Andy Kerry , MIchelle Kerry Checkmark
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2009-00-00 F. Scott Fitzgerald Collins Design / HarperCollins 978-0-06-114418-9
$12.95?$: US dollar
64
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
chap Calef Brown Checkmark
Tales of the Jazz Age 2010-02-15 F. Scott Fitzgerald Wildside Press 978-1-55742-680-2
$10.99?$: US dollar
330
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 John Held, Jr.  
Tales of the Jazz Age 2010-03-16 F. Scott Fitzgerald Wildside Press 978-1-4344-0676-7
$19.99?$: US dollar
330
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2010-04-25 F. Scott Fitzgerald Seven Treasures Publications 978-1-4382-7924-4
$4.95?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2010-06-28 F. Scott Fitzgerald Penguin Books Australia (Popular Penguins) 978-0-14-119511-7
A$9.95?A$: Australian dollar
202
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  
Tales of the Jazz Age 2010-08-10 F. Scott Fitzgerald Vintage Books (Vintage Classics) 978-0-307-47637-1
$11.00?$: US dollar
304
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
coll  
Bedtime Stories 2011-00-00 ed. Diana Secker Tesdell Knopf Borzoi (Everyman's Pocket Classics) 978-0-307-59494-5
$15.00?$: US dollar
398
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Karl Friedrich Schinkel Checkmark
Tales of the Jazz Age 2011-02-23 F. Scott Fitzgerald Vintage Books (Vintage Classics) 978-0-307-77922-9
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Tales of the Jazz Age 2011-06-19 F. Scott Fitzgerald IndoEuropeanPublishing 978-1-60444-258-8
$25.00?$: US dollar
268
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 John Held, Jr.  
Glittering Things: Flappers, Fantasies & Tales of the Jazz Age 2011-09-07 F. Scott Fitzgerald Traveling Press 978-1-934255-99-5
$19.95?$: US dollar
346
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  
Tales of the Jazz Age 2011-11-03 F. Scott Fitzgerald Penguin Books (Penguin F Scott Fitzgerald Hardback Collection) 978-0-14-119747-0
£14.99?£: UK pound
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll C. B-Smith  
Tales of the Jazz Age 2011-11-03 F. Scott Fitzgerald Penguin Books (Penguin F Scott Fitzgerald Hardback Collection) 978-0-14-197046-2
£9.49?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Coralie Bickford-Smith  
Tales of the Jazz Age 2012-06-14 F. Scott Fitzgerald Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) 978-0-19-959912-7
£8.99?£: UK pound
304
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 John Held, Jr.  
Tales of the Jazz Age 2012-12-27 F. Scott Fitzgerald Library of Alexandria 978-1-4655-2528-4
$2.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Before Weird Tales: Early 20th Century Stories of Horror and the Supernatural 2013-00-00 ed. Araminta Star Matthews, Charles G. Waugh Sam Teddy Publishing 978-1-935573-59-3
$24.95?$: US dollar
428
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
Tales of the Jazz Age 2013-05-09 F. Scott Fitzgerald Collins (Collins Classics) 978-0-00-751696-4
$1.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Tales of the Jazz Age 2013-05-09 F. Scott Fitzgerald Collins (Collins Classics) 978-0-00-792550-6
£2.50?£: UK pound
260
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 Yva  
Psychology: A Literary Introduction 2014-00-00 ed. Laura Kati Corlew, Charles G. Waugh Sam Teddy Publishing 978-1-935573-86-9
$24.95?$: US dollar
495+
vi
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
Tales of the Jazz Age 2014-03-27 F. Scott Fitzgerald Orion 978-1-4091-5183-8
£6.99?£: UK pound
336
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  
Tales of the Jazz Age 2014-09-01 F. Scott Fitzgerald Bottom of the Hill Publishing 978-1-4837-0615-3
£10.49?£: UK pound
194
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 John Held, Jr.  
Tales of the Jazz Age 2016-09-08 F. Scott Fitzgerald Macmillan UK (Macmillan Collector's Library) 978-1-5098-2639-1
£9.99?£: UK pound
368
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of the Jazz Age 2016-09-08 F. Scott Fitzgerald Macmillan UK (Macmillan Collector's Library) 978-1-5098-3143-2
£0.98?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Realidades alternativas, May 2022 2022-05-00 ed. Gustavo Terranova Editora Andarilho (Realidades alternativas #2)  
R$22.00?R$: Brazilian real
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
mag Howard V. Brown  
Il curioso caso di Benjamin Button 2023-05-30 Francis Scott Fitzgerald Caravaggio Editore (Frammenti d'autore) 978-88-314-5690-6
€9.90?€: Euro
88
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.
chap  
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