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Title: Confidence Trick Title Record # 59874
Author: John Wyndham
Date: 1953-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1965Translated by Roberta Rambelli
Italian Basta non crederci
1970Translated by Lucy van Pelt
Spanish Cuestión de confianza
1976Translated by Borbás Mária
Hungarian
Szemfényvesztés?Szemfenyvesztes
Szemfeenyvesztees
1987Translated by George W. Barlow
French Abus de confiance

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Fantastic, July-August 1953 1953-07-00 ed. Howard Browne Ziff-Davis Publishing Company  
$0.35?$: US dollar
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 Rupert Conrad Checkmark
Jizzle 1954-00-00 John Wyndham Dennis Dobson  
11/6?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).
251
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Peter Rudland Checkmark
Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter 1956-12-00 John Wyndham Ballantine Books 182
$0.35?$: US dollar
150
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
Jizzle 1961-10-00 John Wyndham The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)  
5/6?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).
251
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Jizzle 1962-00-00 John Wyndham Four Square Books 730
2/6?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).
191
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
Jizzle 1963-00-00 John Wyndham Four Square Books 730
2/6?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).
191
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
Jizzle 1963-00-00 John Wyndham Dennis Dobson  
15/-?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).
251
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Peter Rudland Checkmark
Jizzle 1965-00-00 John Wyndham Four Square Books 1308
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).
191
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
I vortici dell'assurdo 1965-11-30 John Wyndham Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #23)  
Lit 0?Lit: Italian lira
244
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 Erberto Tealdi Checkmark
Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter 1966-04-00 John Wyndham Ballantine Bal-Hi U2832
$0.50?$: US dollar
150
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
Jizzle 1968-00-00 John Wyndham Dennis Dobson 0-234-77645-5
25/-?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).
251
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Peter Rudland  
Amazing Stories, January 1969 1969-01-00 ed. Barry N. Malzberg Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc.  
$0.50?$: US dollar
148
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 Johnny Bruck Checkmark
Nueva Dimensión 13 1970-01-00 ed. Editors of Nueva Dimensión Dronte     168
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 Enrique Torres  
Jizzle 1973-05-00 John Wyndham New English Library 0-450-01507-6
£0.30?£: UK pound
191
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 Clifton-Dey Checkmark
Jizzle 1973-06-00 John Wyndham New English Library 0-450-01507-6
£0.30?£: UK pound
191
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 Clifton-Dey Checkmark
Jizzle 1974-11-00 John Wyndham New English Library 0-450-02250-1
£0.40?£: UK pound
191
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 Clifton-Dey Checkmark
Galaktika 17: Tudományos-fantasztikus antológia?Galaktika 17: Tudomanyos-fantasztikus antologia
Galaktika 17: Tudomaanyos-fantasztikus antoloogia
1976-00-00 ed.
Kuczka Péter?Kuczka, Peter
Kozmosz Könyvek?Kozmosz Konyvek
IF 2461 - e - 7678
Ft 12?Ft: Hungarian forint
127
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
Jizzle 1979-06-00 John Wyndham New English Library 0-450-03745-2
£0.80?£: UK pound
191
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 Clifton-Dey Checkmark
Jizzle 1982-00-00 John Wyndham New English Library 0-450-02250-1
£1.50?£: UK pound
191
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  
Le livre d'or de la Science-Fiction : John Wyndham 1987-02-27 John Wyndham Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5249) 2-266-01919-8   5249
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 Marcel Laverdet Checkmark
The Ghost Now Standing on Platform One 1990-10-00 ed. Richard Peyton Souvenir Press 0-285-62991-3
£14.95?£: UK pound
322
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Kim Palmer  
Journey Into Fear and Other Great Stories of Horror on the Railways 1991-10-00 ed. Richard Peyton Wings Books 0-517-06007-8
$7.99?$: US dollar
322
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Peter Fiore  
The Ghost Now Standing on Platform One 1991-12-12 ed. Richard Peyton Futura 0-7088-4997-0
£4.99?£: UK pound
382
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 Tony Roberts (artist)  
Jizzle 2022-09-20 John Wyndham Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-3086-6
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
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