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Title: Return Engagement Title Record # 59218
Author: Lester del Rey
Date: 1961-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1963Translated by Renata Forti
Italian Alla ricerca dell'armonia
1967 French Revenez sur la Terre !
1969Translated by Iet Houwer
Dutch Voor wat hoort wat
1969Translated by Mario Massai
Italian Il fanciullo nella conchiglia

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Magazine, August 1961 1961-08-00 ed. H. L. Gold Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.50?$: US dollar
196
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
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 87 1961-08-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
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).
196
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
Galaxy #57 1963-02-00 ed. Luigi Vitali Casa Editrice La Tribuna 57
Lit 200?Lit: Italian lira
144
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 Wood Checkmark
The Seventh Galaxy Reader 1964-02-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Doubleday  
$3.95?$: US dollar
xii+
247
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Roger Zimmerman Checkmark
The Seventh Galaxy Reader 1964-10-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.20?$: US dollar
xii+
247
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Roger Zimmerman Checkmark
Mortals and Monsters 1965-00-00 Lester del Rey Ballantine Books U2236
$0.50?$: US dollar
188
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 Checkmark
The Seventh Galaxy Reader 1965-00-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (3))  
18/-?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).
247
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Seventh Galaxy Reader 1966-04-00 ed. Frederik Pohl The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 108   247
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth John Griffiths Checkmark
Mortals and Monsters 1967-00-00 Lester del Rey Tandem T88
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).
192
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 Seventh Galaxy Reader 1967-00-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Pan Books M192
5/-?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).
237+
[1]
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
Galaxie (2ème série), #34 1967-02-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
OPTA  
F2.50?F: French frank
164
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 Gray Morrow  
Science-fiction verhalen 1969-00-00 ed. uncredited Het Spectrum     600
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Galassia #108 1969-12-00 ed. Ugo Malaguti Casa Editrice La Tribuna 108
Lit 350?Lit: Italian lira
214
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 Allison  
War and Space: Selected Short Stories of Lester Del Rey. Volume 1 2009-08-00 Lester del Rey NESFA Press 978-1-886778-76-4
$29.00?$: US dollar
572
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll John Picacio Checkmark
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