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Publication: Ferry Rocket

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  • Publication: Ferry RocketPublication Record # 266404
  • Author: George Kinley
  • Date: 1954-01-00
  • Publisher: Curtis Warren
  • Price:
    1/6?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: 159
  • 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
  • Cover: Ferry Rocket by Gordon C. Davies
  • Notes:
    • "copyright, January, 1954" on page [160]
    • No copyright page at front of book
    • No statement of edition or printing
    • Manufactured with two staples through left edge of text block from front to back. Cover is not stapled; it is glued to spine in conventional manner
    • Harbottle/Holland, page 93, has synopsis, printing month and artist
    • Novel ends on numbered page 159
    • OCLC incorrectly states 158 pages
    • OCLC does not specify format (hc / pb) although it does specify a height of 18cm which is the height of the pb
  • External IDs:
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Bleiler Early Years N/A Rtrace 2021-03-08 07:09:47
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Bleiler1 (Gernsback) N/A Dragoondelight 2010-07-06 16:18:47
Bleiler78 N/A Rtrace 2021-03-08 07:09:47
Clute/Grant N/A Dirk P Broer 2011-08-20 06:27:57
Clute/Nicholls N/A Dirk P Broer 2011-08-20 06:27:57
Contento1 (anth/coll) N/A Dragoondelight 2010-07-06 16:18:47
Currey N/A Rtrace 2021-03-08 07:09:47
Locus1 N/A Dragoondelight 2010-07-06 16:18:47
Miller/Contento N/A Dragoondelight 2010-07-06 16:18:47
OCLC/Worldcat Verified Dragoondelight 2010-07-06 16:18:47
Reginald1 N/A Rtrace 2021-03-08 07:09:47
Reginald3 N/A Dragoondelight 2010-07-06 16:18:47
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