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  • Publication: Shadow on the HearthPublication Record # 29883
  • Author: Judith Merril
  • Date: 1966-00-00
  • Catalog ID: F325
  • Publisher: Compact Books
  • Price:
    3/6?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: 192
  • 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: Shadow on the Hearth by Langdon Jones and Keith Roberts
  • Notes:
    • "No statement of printing on the copyright page. Textual revisions [from the US Doubleday edition]." - Currey
    • Compact edition copyright 1966 on copyright page.
    • The cover is a photograph, and is credited as "devised by" Roberts & Jones, i.e. they conceived of, altered, and arranged the objects photographed on the cover, but may not have been the actual photographers.
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