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Title: Nine-Finger Jack Title Record # 56037
Author: Anthony Boucher
Date: 1951-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Originally published in Esquire, May 1951
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Year Title
1960 9-Finger Jack
Year Language Title
1953 French Servez-m'en un doigt...
1955 Italian Jack dalle Nove Dita
1958Translated by Jesco von Puttkamer
German Neunfinger-Jack
1982Translated by Marjan Hilverda
Dutch Negen-vinger Jack

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Argosy (UK), August 1951 1951-08-00 ed. Editors of Argosy (UK) The Amalgamated Press  
1/6?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).
160
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  
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 Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 1952-08-19 ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty Frederick Fell (Fell's Science-Fiction Library)  
$2.95?$: US dollar
284
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction Stories: Third Series 1953-00-00 ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty Grayson & Grayson  
9/6?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).
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mudge-Marriott  
Fiction, #1 1953-10-00 ed. Editors of Fiction OPTA  
F100?F: French frank
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 Checkmark
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [UK], June 1954 1954-06-00 ed. uncredited Mellifont Press Ltd.  
1/6?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).
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
Fantascienza #3 1955-01-00 ed. Livio Garzanti Garzanti 3
Lit 120?Lit: Italian lira
112
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 Chesley Bonestell Checkmark
Frontiers in Space: Selections from The Best Science Fiction Stories 1955-05-00 ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty Bantam Books 1328
$0.25?$: US dollar
166
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
Utopia-Science-Fiction-Magazin, #18 1958-11-17 ed. Bert Koeppen Pabel USFM18
DM 1.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
96
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 Ed Valigursky Checkmark
Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales, July 1960 1960-07-00 ed. uncredited Winston Publications  
$0.35?$: US dollar
134
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 Jack Davis  
Mysterious Visions 1979-06-08 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Charles G. Waugh St. Martin's Press 0-312-55866-X
$15.00?$: US dollar
xxvi+
516
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gary La Sasso Checkmark
Mysterious Visions 1980-00-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Charles G. Waugh Robert Hale (Hale SF) 0-7091-8640-1
£6.95?£: UK pound
xxvi+
516
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Spannende science fiction 1982-00-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Charles G. Waugh Loeb (Anthologieën #6) 90-6213-317-7 ƒ29.50 423
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 Kate Higgins Checkmark
The Compleat Boucher 1999-01-00 Anthony Boucher NESFA Press 1-886778-02-7
$25.00?$: US dollar
viii+
531
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jane Dennis Checkmark
The Compleat Boucher 1999-11-00 Anthony Boucher NESFA Press / SFBC 06518
$12.50?$: US dollar
531
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jane Dennis Checkmark
The Compleat Boucher: The Complete Short Science Fiction and Fantasy of Anthony Boucher 2013-00-00 Anthony Boucher NESFA Press 978-1-61037-303-6
$29.00?$: US dollar
521
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
They're Here! 2023-08-01 ed. Hank Davis, Sean C. W. Korsgaard Baen Books 978-1-982192-74-7
$18.00?$: US dollar
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.
anth  
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