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Title: The Iron Gem

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Title: The Iron Gem Title Record # 72894
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1974-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Black Widowers
Language: English
Note: First published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1974 as 'A Chip of the Black Stone'.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1978Translated by 池央耿 (Ike Hiroaki)
Japanese
鉄の宝玉?てつのほうぎょく
Tetsu no Hōgyoku
Tetsu no Hougyoku
[as by ]
1988Translated by W. D. Holleman
Dutch Het ijzeren kleinood
2007Translated by Michèle Valencia
French Le joyau de fer

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
More Tales of the Black Widowers 1976-10-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday 0-385-11176-2
$5.95?$: US dollar
180
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Lawrence Ratzkin Checkmark
More Tales of the Black Widowers 1977-04-00 Isaac Asimov Gollancz (Gollancz Detection) 0-575-02271-X
£3.60?£: UK pound
ix+
180
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
More Tales of the Black Widowers 1977-11-00 Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest 0-449-23375-8
$1.50?$: US dollar
223
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
黒後家蜘蛛の会2?くろごけぐものかい2
Kurogokegumo no Kai 2
1978-07-14
東京創元社?Tōkyō Sōgensha
Tokyo Sogensha
(
創元推理文庫?Sōgen Suiri Bunko
そうげんすいりぶんこ
Sougen Suiri Bunko
Sogen Suiri Bunko
#167-2)
4-488-16702-0   358
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
松田正久?まつだまさひさ
Matsuda Masahisa
 
More Tales of the Black Widowers 1980-00-00 Isaac Asimov Granada 0-586-04788-3
£1.25?£: UK pound
254
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 Oliver Hunter (I) Checkmark
More Tales of the Black Widowers 1983-12-00 Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest / Ballantine 0-449-23806-7
$2.25?$: US dollar
223
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
More Tales of the Black Widowers 1985-09-00 Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest / Ballantine 0-449-21052-9
$2.95?$: US dollar
223
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
Opnieuw de zwarte weduwnaars 1988-00-00 Isaac Asimov Het Spectrum (Prisma #2686) 90-274-2057-2   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
The Return of the Black Widowers 2003-12-00 Isaac Asimov Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1248-1
$24.00?$: US dollar
xv+
335
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Return of the Black Widowers 2005-11-00 Isaac Asimov Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1651-7
$14.95?$: US dollar
xv+
335
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 Checkmark
Le club des veufs noirs 2007-05-00 Isaac Asimov Flammarion (
Étonnants classiques?Etonnants classiques
#314)
978-2-08-120284-9
€4.30?€: Euro
128
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 Jean-Max Mamoury  
A table, gentlemen ! 2015-03-00 Isaac Asimov Bibliomnibus 978-2-258-11581-1
€11.00?€: Euro
197
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  
More Tales of the Black Widowers date unknown Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest 0-449-23806-7
$1.75?$: US dollar
223
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
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