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Title: Ambition Title Record # 56218
Author: William L. Bade
Date: 1951-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Synopsis: A man is snatched to the future. A psychologist evaluates him to find out why the people of the past wanted to do so strange things – like travel to other planets.
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1953 Lodestar
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1955 French Le sortilège des étoiles

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1951 1951-10-00 ed. H. L. Gold Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.35?$: US dollar
164
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 Richard Arbib Checkmark
Science-Fiction Adventures in Dimension 1953-03-19 ed. Groff Conklin Vanguard Press  
$2.95?$: US dollar
xv+
354
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Argosy (UK), November 1953 1953-11-00 ed. Editors of Argosy (UK) The Amalgamated Press  
1/6?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).
144
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  
Galaxie (1ère série), #21 August 1955 1955-08-00 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  
Science Fiction Adventures in Dimension 1965-03-00 ed. Groff Conklin Berkley Medallion F1053
$0.50?$: US dollar
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.
anth Paul Lehr Checkmark
Ambition 2016-02-21 William L. Bade Project Gutenberg 51274
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
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