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Publication: Prelude to Space

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  • Publication: Prelude to SpacePublication Record # 205537
  • Author: Arthur C. Clarke
  • Date: 1980-02-00
  • ISBN: 0-283-98622-0 [978-0-283-98622-2]
  • Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson
  • Price:
    £0.85?£: UK pound
  • Pages: 176
  • 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 (1977) • by Gordon C. Davies
  • Notes:
    • Printing history on copyright page:
      • First published in Great Britain by Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd. in 1953
      • Second impression 1955
      • First published as a Four Square edition 1962
      • Reprinted 1964
      • Reissued as an NEL edition May 1968
      • Reprinted February 1977
      • This edition published by Sidgwick & Jackson Limited April 1977
      • Reprinted February 1980
    • "Illustration: Gordon C. Davies" on back cover, no visible signature on the artwork
    • UK 85p, New Zealand $2.80
  • External IDs:
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BLongley 2007-07-05 13:30:34 Permanent 2013-09-09
Dirk P Broer 2011-06-23 14:40:33 Permanent 2022-09-06
Herzbube 2014-08-16 06:31:42 Permanent 2016-05-14
Bluesman 2015-01-19 22:24:48 Permanent 2018-12-13

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Bleiler1 (Gernsback) N/A Bluesman 2015-01-19 22:24:48
Bleiler78 N/A Bluesman 2015-01-19 22:24:48
Clute/Grant N/A Dirk P Broer 2011-06-23 14:40:33
Clute/Nicholls N/A Dirk P Broer 2011-06-23 14:40:32
Contento1 (anth/coll) N/A Dirk P Broer 2011-06-23 14:40:33
Currey N/A Bluesman 2015-01-19 22:24:48
Locus1 N/A Dirk P Broer 2011-06-23 14:40:33
Miller/Contento N/A Bluesman 2015-01-19 22:24:48
OCLC/Worldcat Verified Dirk P Broer 2011-08-11 06:01:49
Reginald1 N/A Dirk P Broer 2011-06-23 14:40:33
Reginald3 N/A Dirk P Broer 2011-06-23 14:40:33
Tuck N/A Bluesman 2015-01-19 22:24:48
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