• Publication: Hobberdy DickPublication Record # 252933
• Author: K. M. Briggs
• Date: 1955-10-28
• Publisher: Eyre & Spottiswoode
• Price:
  12/6^?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: 191
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: NOVEL
• Notes:

  • 1st ed.
  • Publ date, price, and credit as "K. M. Briggs" from publisher advertisement The New Statesman and Nation 50:1284 (1955-10-15) p479 "Further Autumn Books"; this one "October 28, 12/6 net".
  • One dealer at ABEbooks (bi=22725826427, dealer #4130) provides images that show "K. M. Briggs" on the book spine ("dark blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine") and on the dustjacket front and spine.
• External IDs:
  • LCCN: 56016395
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 5638912
  • Reginald-3: 18638

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• Hobberdy Dick • juvenile • novel by Katharine M. Briggs [as by K. M. Briggs]