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  • Publication: Adrift in the StratospherePublication Record # 428559
  • Author: Prof. A. M. Low
  • Date: date unknown
  • Publisher: Blackie
  • Price:
    3/6?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: 224
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: Adrift in the Stratosphere (1937) • by Geo. W. Blow
  • Notes: - Reprint. No date on book or dust jacket. Published 1940 to 1945 since copyright page includes logo of WWII-era "Book Production War Economy Standard". Per http://h05.cgpublisher.com/proposals/589/index_html paper rationing began in UK in 1940. There are 17 other Blackie titles listed on back flap of dust jacket, but initial publication data is only available for a few of them, and those dates are between 1937 and 1940. - Artist signature "Geo. W. Blow" visible on front of dust jacket. No other art credit. - Price on bottom of front flap of dust jacket "3/6 net".
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