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  • Publication: Purple IslandsPublication Record # 266309
  • Author: Dee Carter
  • Date: 1953-01-00
  • Publisher: Curtis Warren
  • Price:
    1/6?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: Purple Islands by Gerald Facey
  • Notes: Adds: synopsis, printing month. Information on page 77-8, Harbottle/Holland. Tuck III, pg. 663, bot. lt. col., "as Dee Carter", Curtis War., 1953, 159 pages, 1/6. (identical hardcover editions 6/-). OCLC: Record shows "by Dee Carter", but attributes it to "Denis Carter". No mention of hardcover or softcover editions. Pseudonym attribution is totally wrong.
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