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Title: The Disintegration Machine Title Record # 62686
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Date: 1929-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Professor Challenger
Series Number: 5
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1951 The Disintegration Machine [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
1972 The Disintegration Machine [as by A. Conan Doyle]
Year Language Title
1957 French La machine à désintégrer [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
1965Translated by Horia Banu
Romanian Aparatul dezintegrator
1966Translated by Al. Ştefănescu-Medeleni
Romanian
Mașina de dezintegrare?Masina de dezintegrare
1981Translated by Ronald M. Hahn.
German Die Desintegrationsmaschine
1981Translated by Zoran Milović
Croatian Stroj za dezintegraciju
1987Translated by J. Lima da Costa
Portuguese A máquina desintegradora
1989Translated by Bernard Tourville
French La machine à désintégrer [as by Conan Doyle]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Strand Magazine, January 1929 1929-01-00 ed. Editors of The Strand Magazine George Newnes  
1/-?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).
108
octavo?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag  
The Maracot Deep and Other Stories 1929-07-29 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray  
7/6?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).
310
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Maracot Deep and Other Stories 1929-09-28 Arthur Conan Doyle Doubleday, Doran  
$2.00?$: US dollar
3+
307
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Professor Challenger Stories: The Lost World; The Poison Belt; The Land of Mist; The Disintegration Machine; When the World Screamed 1952-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray  
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).
vi+
577
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Checkmark
The Professor Challenger Stories: The Lost World; The Poison Belt; The Land of Mist; The Disintegration Machine; When the World Screamed 1958-08-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray  
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).
vi+
577
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Checkmark
Journeys in Science Fiction 1961-00-00 ed. Richard L. Loughlin, Lilian M. Popp Globe Book Company  
$3.52?$: US dollar
655+
[1]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Journeys in Science Fiction 1961-00-00 ed. Richard L. Loughlin, Lilian M. Popp Globe Book Company  
$3.76?$: US dollar
655+
[1]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Poison Belt 1964-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Macmillan (Macmillan's Library of Science Fiction Classics)  
$4.50?$: US dollar
158
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll
William Pène du Bois?William Pene du Bois
 
The Poison Belt 1966-04-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Berkley Medallion F1203
$0.50?$: US dollar
158
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 Poison Belt 1969-10-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Berkley Medallion X1827
$0.60?$: US dollar
158
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 Best Science Fiction of Arthur Conan Doyle 1981-12-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1046-5
$14.95?$: US dollar
xix+
190
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Complete Professor Challenger 1989-01-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Wordsworth Editions 1-85326-927-1
£8.99?£: UK pound
vi+
577
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Decades of Science Fiction 1997-04-00 ed. Applewhite Minyard NTC Publishing Group 0-8442-5994-2
$26.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
557
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 François Robert Checkmark
Decades of Science Fiction 1997-04-00 ed. Applewhite Minyard NTC Publishing Group 0-8442-5995-0   xvi+
557+
vi+
72
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 François Robert Checkmark
The Disintegration Machine 2004-01-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Sequoyah Books 1-59107-050-3
$14.95?$: US dollar
24
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  
The Poison Belt 2005-01-20 Arthur Conan Doyle Blackstone Publishing  
$18.24?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Walter M. Baumhofer  
Challenger & Company 2007-12-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Leonaur Ltd (Leonaur Classic Science Fiction Series #SF29) 978-1-84677-371-6
£13.99?£: UK pound
492
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.
omni  
Challenger & Company 2007-12-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Leonaur Ltd (Leonaur Classic Science Fiction Series #SF29) 978-1-84677-372-3
£21.99?£: UK pound
492
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
The Disintegration Machine 2008-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle The University of Adelaide Library      
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
The Disintegration Machine 2012-11-30 Arthur Conan Doyle Baker Press 978-1-4474-6818-9
$9.95?$: US dollar
26
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  
Science Fiction Short Stories 2015-09-24 ed. Laura Bulbeck Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78361-650-3
£20.00?£: UK pound
480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Science Fiction Short Stories 2016-11-12 ed. Laura Bulbeck Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78664-510-4
£12.00?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
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