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Title: A Little Oil Title Record # 56278
Author: Eric Frank Russell
Date: 1952-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1952Title per story heading, Galaxy October 1952. All lower case.
A Little Oil ...
Year Language Title
1953Translated by an uncredited translator
Italian La terza volta è quella buona
1956 French Le forgeur d'âmes [as by Eric Frank Russel]
1958Translated by Lothar Heinecke
German
Ein Tropfen Öl?Ein Tropfen Oel
1973Translated by Tony Westermayr
German
Ein Tropfen Öl?Ein Tropfen Oel

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Deep Space 1954-07-00 Eric Frank Russell Fantasy Press  
$3.00?$: US dollar
249
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Mel Hunter Checkmark
Selections from Deep Space 1955-10-00 Eric Frank Russell Bantam Books 1362
$0.25?$: US dollar
165
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 Mel Hunter Checkmark
Deep Space 1956-00-00 Eric Frank Russell Eyre & Spottiswoode  
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).
249
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Eric B. Mudge-Marriott Checkmark
Science Fiction Through the Ages 2 1966-00-00 ed. I. O. Evans Panther 2159
3/6?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).
173
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
Deep Space 1974-09-00 Eric Frank Russell Dennis Dobson 0-234-77037-6
£2.75?£: UK pound
249
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Deep Space 1981-11-00 Eric Frank Russell Fantasy Press / Donald M. Grant  
$10.00?$: US dollar
252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Mel Hunter  
Deep Space 1989-10-00 Eric Frank Russell Mandarin 0-7493-0103-1
£3.50?£: UK pound
249
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 Elson Checkmark
Major Ingredients: The Selected Short Stories of Eric Frank Russell 2000-09-00 Eric Frank Russell NESFA Press 1-886778-10-8
$29.00?$: US dollar
701
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Major Ingredients: The Selected Short Stories of Eric Frank Russell 2003-03-00 Eric Frank Russell NESFA Press 1-886778-10-8
$29.00?$: US dollar
701
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
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