• Publication: Johnny Pye & the Fool-KillerPublication Record # 653771
• Author: Stephen Vincent Benét
• Date: 1939-03-07
• Publisher: William Heinemann
• 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: 78
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: CHAPBOOK
• Notes:

  • 1st UK ed., printed in the US
  • Some WorldCat records give "1937" or "[1937]", presumably from a US copyright date of the text.
  • Publ date from listing The Observer 1939-03-05 p6 "This Week's Diary", among "chief books appearing this week" under heading Monday
  • Price from review The Scotsman -04-13 p13 (positive)
  • Plain green cloth cover Two dealers at ABEbooks.com 2018-02-21 describe (one with image): "Green cloth ... with black title to spine. 12 black and white illustrations, and vignette at end of text."
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 36382218 558023088

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