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Publication: Quicksand

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  • Publication: QuicksandPublication Record # 276625
  • Author: John Brunner
  • Date: 1970-08-00
  • Catalog ID: 20060
  • Publisher: Sphere Books
  • Price:
    7/-?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: 222
  • 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
  • Notes: • "© John Brunner 1969" • "First published in Great Britain in 1969 by Sidgwick & Jackson" • "First Sphere Books edition, 1970", no number line. • Month from amazon.uk • The artist is not credited; no visible signature. • The only identifying number on/in the book is 20060 on the back cover. • 1.10¢ in Australia; 1.25¢ in New Zealand; 85¢ in South Africa; 8/25 in East Africa. The United Kingdom price is given as 7/- (35p).
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