Title
Date
Author/Editor
Publisher/Pub. Series
ISBN/Catalog ID
Price
Pages
Format
Type
Cover Artist
Verif
Unknown, October 1939
1939-10-00
ed.
John W. Campbell, Jr.
Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
$0.20? $: US dollar
164
pulp? Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag
Modest Stein
From Unknown Worlds
1948-00-00
ed.
John W. Campbell, Jr.
Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
$0.25? $: US dollar
130
tp? Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth
Edd Cartier
Unknown Worlds [UK], Winter 1948
1948-00-00
ed.
John W. Campbell, Jr.
Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd
1/0? 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).
64
digest? Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag
From Unknown Worlds
1952-00-00
ed.
John W. Campbell, Jr.
Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd
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).
124
hc? Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth
Edd Cartier
From Unknown Worlds
1952-00-00
ed.
John W. Campbell, Jr.
Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd
2/6? 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).
124
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.
anth
Edd Cartier