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Title: The Canvas Bag Title Record # 63458
Author: Alan E. Nourse
Date: 1955-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: Under pressure from his girlfriend, a man comes to realize that he has been a drifter for a very long time.
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Current Tags: contemporary (1), rootlessness (1), love (1), eternal youth (1) Add Tags

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Translations
Year Language Title
1974Translated by Heinz Plehn (as H. P. Lehnert)
German Fluch der Vergangenheit

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1955 1955-04-00 ed. Anthony Boucher 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 Chesley Bonestell Checkmark
The Counterfeit Man: More Science Fiction Stories 1963-08-00 Alan E. Nourse David McKay  
$3.50?$: US dollar
185
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Mel Hunter Checkmark
The Counterfeit Man: More Science Fiction Stories 1964-00-00 Alan E. Nourse Dennis Dobson (Dobson Science Fiction)  
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).
185
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Mel Hunter  
The Counterfeit Man 1965-00-00 Alan E. Nourse Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers GS7143
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).
174
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 Sir George F. Pollock Checkmark
The Counterfeit Man: More Science Fiction Stories 1965-03-00 Alan E. Nourse David McKay  
$3.50?$: US dollar
185
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Mel Hunter Checkmark
The Counterfeit Man and Other Science Fiction Stories 1967-10-00 Alan E. Nourse Scholastic Book Services T941
$0.45?$: US dollar
224
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
Special Wonder: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1970-03-00 ed. J. Francis McComas Random House  
$7.95?$: US dollar
xv+
[3]+
410
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Special Wonder Volume 2 1971-02-00 ed. J. Francis McComas Beagle Books / Ballantine 95057
$0.95?$: US dollar
256
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
The Supernatural in Fiction 1973-00-00 ed. Leo P. Kelley McGraw-Hill (Patterns in Literary Art) 0-07-033497-8
$3.96?$: US dollar
[iv]+
313
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
The Counterfeit Man and Other Science Fiction Stories 1973-11-00 Alan E. Nourse Scholastic Book Services T941
$0.45?$: US dollar
224
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
Der gefälschte Mensch 1974-01-15 Alan E. Nourse Pabel-Moewig (Terra Astra #127) TA127
DM 1.20?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
65
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".
coll Eddie Jones Checkmark
The Counterfeit Man and Other Science Fiction Stories 1975-00-00 Alan E. Nourse Scholastic Book Services T941
$1.25?$: US dollar
224
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
Tales of Mystery and the Unknown 1976-00-00 ed. Robert Potter Globe Book Company 0-87065-276-1   x+
214
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mort Perry  
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