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Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, February 1957 (UK)

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  • Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, February 1957 (UK)Publication Record # 304161 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: John W. Campbell, Jr.
  • Date: 1957-02-00
  • Publisher: Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd
  • Price:
    1/9?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, February 1957 (UK) by H. R. Van Dongen (variant of Astounding Science Fiction, October 1956 1956) [as by Van Dongen]
  • Notes:
    • Vol XIII, No 2 (British Edition).
    • Contents page has cover by Van Dongen but cover not signed.
    • Some illustrations are not signed so have used names from story title page.
    • The book review has 'Plague Ship' as 'Plagueship'.
    • This is a reprint of most of the October 1956 (US edition).
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