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Title: A Visit to Santa Claus

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Title: A Visit to Santa Claus Title Record # 98002
Author: Richard Matheson
Date: 1957-03-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1957 I'll Make It Look Good [as by Logan Swanson]
Year Language Title
1984 Italian Una visita a Babbo Natale
1986Translated by Simone Millot-Jacquin
French Du travail bien fait
2000Translated by Simone Millot-Jacquin, revised by Jacques Chambon in the 2000 Flammarion edition.
French
J'veux voir le Père Noël?J'veux voir le Pere Noel
2004Translated by Jacques Chambon & Hélène Collon
French J'veux voir le Père Noël

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March 1957 1957-03-00 ed. Editors of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Shock Waves 1970-10-00 Richard Matheson Dell 7831
$0.75?$: US dollar
190
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
Shock Waves 1979-10-00 Richard Matheson Berkley Books 0-425-04218-9
$1.95?$: US dollar
183
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 Murray Tinkelman Checkmark
Shock 4 1980-00-00 Richard Matheson Sphere 0-7221-5891-2
£0.95?£: UK pound
183
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 Terry Oakes Checkmark
Shock 4 1984-07-23 Richard Matheson Mondadori (Oscar #1778) 24809-6
Lit 4,500?Lit: Italian lira
184
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 Pierpaolo Vetta , Paolo Tassinari  
Une aiguille en plein cœur 1986-03-00 Richard Matheson Néo (Fantastique / Science-fiction / Aventures #166) 2-7304-0369-8   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 Jean-Michel Nicollet  
Richard Matheson: Collected Stories 1989-09-00 Richard Matheson Dream/Press 0-910489-10-6
$125?$: US dollar
xxii+
889
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Richard Matheson: Collected Stories 1989-09-00 Richard Matheson Dream/Press 0-910489-10-6
$25.00?$: US dollar
xxii+
899
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 William Stout Checkmark
Richard Matheson: Collected Stories 1989-09-00 Richard Matheson Dream/Press 0-910489-10-6
$?$: US dollar
xxii+
889
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Le pays de l'ombre 2000-11-00 Richard Matheson Flammarion (Imagine) 2-08-067742-X
F85.00?F: French frank
341
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 Sofiane Tilikete  
Shock seconda parte 2001-10-00 Richard Matheson Mondadori (Millemondi (quarterly) #32)  
Lit 9,900?Lit: Italian lira
346
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 Franco Brambilla , Pierluigi Longo  
Nouvelles: Tome II - 1953-1959 2003-10-03 Richard Matheson J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Fantastique #6759) 2-290-32969-X   509
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 Jean Lecointre  
Au bord du précipice et autres nouvelles 2004-02-00 Richard Matheson Flammarion (
Étonnants Classiques?Etonnants Classiques
#2178)
2-08-072178-X   96
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 Joëlle Jolivet  
Richard Matheson: Collected Stories Volume Two 2005-04-00 Richard Matheson Gauntlet Press 1-887368-79-5
$16.95?$: US dollar
453
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 Harry O. Morris  
Au bord du précipice et autres nouvelles 2005-07-00 Richard Matheson Flammarion (
Étonnants Classiques?Etonnants Classiques
#2178)
2-08-072178-X   96
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 Joëlle Jolivet  
Au bord du précipice et autres nouvelles 2007-04-00 Richard Matheson Flammarion (
Étonnants Classiques?Etonnants Classiques
#178)
978-2-08-120510-9
€3.50?€: Euro
96
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  
Au bord du précipice et autres nouvelles 2008-09-00 Richard Matheson Flammarion (
Étonnants Classiques?Etonnants Classiques
#178)
978-2-08-120510-9
€3.50?€: Euro
96
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  
Steel: And Other Stories 2011-09-27 Richard Matheson Tor 978-0-7653-2942-4
$14.99?$: US dollar
320
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
coll  
Steel and Other Stories 2011-10-04 Richard Matheson Tor 978-0-7653-6761-7
$7.99?$: US dollar
319
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 Art Machine Checkmark
Au bord du précipice et autres nouvelles 2012-06-00 Richard Matheson Flammarion (
Étonnants Classiques?Etonnants Classiques
#178)
978-2-08-120510-9
€3.60?€: Euro
96
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  
The Best of Richard Matheson 2017-10-10 Richard Matheson Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) 978-1-101-99366-8
$11.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Daniel Danger  
The Best of Richard Matheson 2017-10-10 Richard Matheson Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics) 978-0-14-313017-8
$17.00?$: US dollar
xviii+
408
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 Daniel Danger Checkmark
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