Title: The Best-Laid Scheme

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Title: The Best-Laid Scheme Title Record # 46401
Author: L. Sprague de Camp
Date: 1941-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Astounding Science-Fiction, February 1941	1941-02-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.20^?$: US dollar	164	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	Rogers
The Wheels of If, and Other Science Fiction	1949-00-00	L. Sprague de Camp	Shasta		$3.00^?$: US dollar	vii+ 223	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Hannes Bok
Fantastic Story Magazine, March 1953	1953-03-00	ed. Samuel Mines	Best Books, Inc.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	148	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	Alex Schomburg
The Wheels of If and Other Science-Fiction	1970-10-00	L. Sprague de Camp	Berkley Medallion	0-425-01893-8 / S1893	$0.75^?$: US dollar	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

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