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  • Publication: Close to CriticalPublication Record # 113241
  • Author: Hal Clement
  • Date: 1968-00-00
  • ISBN: 0-552-07915-4 [978-0-552-07915-0]
  • Publisher: Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers
  • Price:
    3/6?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).
  • Pages: 158
  • Format:
    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.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Notes: • "Copyright © 1958 by Street and Smith Publications, Inc." • "First published in Astounding Science Fiction Magazine" • "Victor Gollancz Edition published 1966" • "Corgi Edition published 1968" • Printing not stated, no number line • The artist is not credited, no visible signature on the artwork • Australia 60¢, New Zealand 45¢
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