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Publication: Prelude to Space

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  • Publication: Prelude to SpacePublication Record # 205525
  • Author: Arthur C. Clarke
  • Date: 1968-05-00
  • Catalog ID: 2147
  • Publisher: Four Square Books
  • 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: 159
  • 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
  • Cover: Prelude to Space by Richard Powers
  • Notes: Cover art is a detail from the cover art for Starburst, and is thus by Richard Powers. "First published in Great Britain by Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd. in 1953" "Second impression 1955" "First published as a Four Square edition 1962" "Reprinted in 1964" "Reissued in the NEL edition May 1968" There is a code number on the bottom of the copyright page "45000040 0"
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