Publication: Not Before Time

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Publication: Not Before TimePublication Record # 24524
Author: John Brunner
Date: 1968-04-00
ISBN: 0-450-00009-5 [978-0-450-00009-6]
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: 128
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: COLLECTION
Cover: Not Before Time by Don Punchatz
Notes:
- "First NEL edition April 1968" on copyright page.
- No TOC in book.
- "Children in Hiding" is renamed "Seizure" in this collection (cf. Benson & Stephenson-Payne, Tuck, et al; Contento misspells it as "Siezure").
- Artist not credited [possibly Don Ivan Punchatz based on style].
- Cover by Don Ivan Punchatz, according to Don Punchatz: A Retrospective.
- NEL catalog #2138
- ISBN from SBN "45000009 5" on copyright page.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 20115115
- Reginald-1: 02040

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Collection Title: Not Before Time • collection by John Brunner

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5 • Prerogative • (1960) • short story by John Brunner
15 • Fair Warning • (1964) • short story by John Brunner
21 • The Warp and the Woof-Woof • (1966) • short story by John Brunner
31 • Singleminded • (1963) • short story by John Brunner
48 • A Better Mousetrap • (1963) • short story by John Brunner
64 • Coincidence Day • (1965) • short story by John Brunner
78 • Seizure • (1966) • short story by John Brunner (variant of Children in Hiding)
88 • Treason Is a Two-Edged Sword • (1957) • novelette by John Brunner
108 • Eye of the Beholder • (1957) • short story by John Brunner
120 • Round Trip • (1959) • short story by John Brunner

Primary Verifications

Verifier	Date	Type	Last User Activity Date
Prof beard	2013-09-28 09:25:30	Permanent	2016-09-22
Spacecow	2021-04-20 13:04:26	Permanent	2022-09-05
Mavmaramis	2022-05-06 12:46:00	Permanent	2022-09-05

Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	N/A	Rtrace	2021-07-04 10:53:22
Bleiler Supernatural	N/A	Rtrace	2021-07-04 10:53:22
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	N/A	Bluesman	2010-02-06 12:53:54
Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2011-11-19 11:53:24
Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2011-11-19 11:53:24
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Bluesman	2011-11-19 11:53:24
Contento1 (anth/coll)	Verified	Bluesman	2009-03-15 23:17:08
Currey	Verified	Bluesman	2009-03-15 23:17:08
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2009-03-15 23:17:08
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2009-03-15 23:17:08
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2010-02-06 12:53:54
Reginald1	Verified	Bluesman	2011-11-19 11:53:24
Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2011-11-19 11:53:24
Tuck	Verified	Mhhutchins	2009-03-23 15:09:15

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