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Title: The Master of the Octopus

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Title: The Master of the Octopus Title Record # 95721
Author: Edward Olin Weeks
Date: 1899-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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1899First appeared in "Pearson's Magazine" for October of 1899 according to Sam Moskowitz in the Fall 1967 issue of "Famous Science Fiction".
Master of the Octopus

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Pearson's Magazine, October 1899 1899-10-00 ed. Editors of Pearson's Magazine C. Arthur Pearson  
1/-?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).
 
octavo?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag  
Famous Science Fiction, Fall 1967 1967-09-00 ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes Health Knowledge, Inc.  
$0.50?$: 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 Virgil Finlay Checkmark
Science Fiction by the Rivals of H. G. Wells 1979-04-00 ed. Alan K. Russell Castle Books     xii+
508
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Famous Science Fiction #4 date unknown ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes Pulp Tales Press  
$8.95?$: US dollar
130
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".
anth Virgil Finlay Checkmark
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