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Publication: Turning On

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  • Publication: Turning OnPublication Record # 270378
  • Author: Damon Knight
  • Date: 1969-00-00
  • Catalog ID: 53023
  • Publisher: Sphere Books
  • Price:
    5/-?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: COLLECTION
  • Notes: • "© Damon Knight, 1966" • "First published in Great Britain in 1967 by Gollancz" • "First Sphere Books Edition, 1969" • The artist is not credited, no visible signature • Other prices: Australia 80c, New Zealand 75c, South Africa 60c, East Africa 6/00 • 'Don't Live in the Past' has an opening double quote on the first page of the story, but no closing quotes at all - this is assumed to be a printer's error and no quotes are used for this ISFDB entry.
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Collection Title: Turning On • (1966) • collection by Damon Knight

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Dirk P Broer 2011-04-22 10:35:27 Permanent 2022-09-07
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Bleiler1 (Gernsback) N/A Bluesman 2010-01-13 14:37:17
Bleiler78 N/A Bluesman 2012-06-25 11:42:24
Clute/Grant N/A Dirk P Broer 2011-04-22 10:35:27
Clute/Nicholls N/A Dirk P Broer 2011-04-22 10:35:27
Contento1 (anth/coll) N/A Bluesman 2010-01-13 14:37:17
Currey N/A Bluesman 2010-01-13 14:37:17
Locus1 N/A Bluesman 2010-01-13 14:37:17
Miller/Contento N/A Bluesman 2010-01-13 14:37:17
OCLC/Worldcat Verified Bluesman 2010-01-13 14:37:17
Reginald1 N/A Bluesman 2012-06-25 11:42:24
Reginald3 N/A Dirk P Broer 2011-04-22 10:35:27
Tuck N/A Bluesman 2010-01-13 14:37:17
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