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Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, August -September 1959 (UK)

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  • Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, August -September 1959 (UK)Publication Record # 223905 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: John W. Campbell, Jr.
  • Date: 1959-08-00
  • Publisher: Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd
  • Price:
    2/-?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: 128
  • Format:
    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".
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Cover: Astounding Science Fiction, August -September 1959 (UK) by H. R. Van Dongen (variant of Astounding Science Fiction, May 1959) [as by Van Dongen]
  • Notes:
    • Vol XV, No 8 (British Edition).
    • Contents page has cover by Van Dongen but there is no signature on cover.
    • Some illustrations are not signed so have used illustrators names from story title page.
    • This is a reprint of most of the May 1959 (US edition).
    • Title page mentions that due to a recent printing strike, there will be no September or October issues.
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Editor Title: Astounding Science Fiction (UK) - 1959 • [Astounding/Analog (UK)] • (1959) • edited by John W. Campbell, Jr.

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