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Title: A Gift from Earth Title Record # 45867
Author: Manly Banister
Date: 1955-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: Humans arrive on an alien planet. They sell metallic kettles at a low price, driving clay pots out of the market. Then they bring in new innovations like radios, roads, cars and debt. With interest, of course.
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1956 French Un cadeau de la Terre

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Science Fiction, August 1955 1955-08-00 ed. H. L. Gold Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.35?$: 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 Kirberger Checkmark
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 32 1955-11-00 ed. H. L. Gold Strato Publications  
2/-?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).
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 Kirberger Checkmark
Galaxie (1ère série), #28 March 1956 1956-03-00 ed.
Editors of Galaxie (1ère série)?Editors of Galaxie (1ere serie)
Editions Nuit et Jour  
F100?F: French frank
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 Checkmark
Science Fiction Gems, Volume Three 2012-04-12 ed. uncredited Armchair Fiction (Armchair Science Fiction & Horror Gems #5) 978-1-61287-092-2
$12.95?$: US dollar
200
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 Emsh  
The 11th Science Fiction Megapack 2016-01-28 ed. uncredited Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4794-0820-7
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
A Gift from Earth 2016-02-05 Manly Banister Project Gutenberg 51129
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
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