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Publication: The Devil in Velvet

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  • Publication: The Devil in VelvetPublication Record # 308901
  • Author: John Dickson Carr
  • Date: 1957-10-24
  • Catalog ID: 1242
  • Publisher: Penguin 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: 352
  • 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: The Devil in Velvet by Derek Mckay
  • Notes: Exact date/artist from the Penguin First Editions site Tuck has the catalog # as 1252 in Vol 1 but corrects it in Vol 3 as with the date [1956 to 1957]
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