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  • Publication: HothousePublication Record # 17379
  • Author: Brian W. Aldiss
  • Date: 1962-05-00
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber
  • Price:
    16/-?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: 253
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: Hothouse by Oscar Mellor
  • Notes:
    • Author's name is stated as:
      • "Brian W. Aldiss" on title page, copyright page and front dust jacket flap
      • "Brian Aldiss" on front cover, spine of dust jacket and spine of boards
    • On copyright page: "First published in mcmlxii" and "(c) Brian W. Aldiss 1962".
    • Publication month from Galactic Central Bibliography
    • The chapters in this publication are numbered 1-18, 20-27. Text has been compared with the 1962 Signet edition and the 1984 Panther / Granada edition, both of which have chapters numbered 1-26. None of these editions have missing or extra chapters. Chapters 20-27 in this Faber edition have been mis-numbered.
    • Cover artwork is signed "Mellor" on bottom edge
    • Price "16s net" and "Jacket design by Oscar Mellor" on front flap of jacket.
  • External IDs:
    • OCLC/WorldCat: 1515170
    • Reginald-1: 00136
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