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  • Publication: Defy the Foul Fiend, or The Misadventures of a HeartPublication Record # 293318
  • Author: John Collier
  • Date: 1934-06-00
  • Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
  • Price:
    7/6?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: 365
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: Defy the Foul Fiend, or The Misadventures of a Heart (1934) • by John Farleigh
  • Notes:
    • 1st edition
    • "No statement of printing on copyright page." - Currey
    • Publication date from listing in "This Week's Diary", The Observer 1934-05-27 p6: "other chief books appearing this week are as follows", under "Friday" (1934-06-01).
    • Price from listing in publisher advertisement, The Observer 1934-06-03 p4.
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