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Publication: Orphans of the Sky

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  • Publication: Orphans of the SkyPublication Record # 256420
  • Author: Robert A. Heinlein
  • Date: 1965-06-00
  • Catalog ID: 6705
  • Publisher: Mayflower-Dell
  • Price:
    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).
  • Pages: 111
  • Format:
    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.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Notes:
    • "© Copyright Robert A. Heinlein, 1963"
    • "Originally published in Great Britain by Victor Gollancz Ltd."
    • "Published as a Mayflower-Dell paperback, June 1965" on copyright page
    • Cover artist not credited and no visible signature
    • "ORPHANS OF THE SKY was originally published as a two-part serial in Astounding Science Fiction in 1941, under the titles UNIVERSE and COMMON SENSE. Copyright Street and Smith Publications Inc., 1941. UNIVERSE was republished in a Dell edition in 1951, copyright by Robert A. Heinlein, 1951"
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