Publication: Tales of Wonder, #2

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Publication: Tales of Wonder, #2Publication Record # 351882 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: Walter H. Gillings
Date: 1938-03-00
Publisher: World's Work
Price:
1/-^?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:
pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
Type: MAGAZINE
Cover: Tales of Wonder, #2 by Nick
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: Appeared in spring 1938, estimated publication date 1938-03-00. Data from http://www.collectorshowcase.fr/divers_pulps_16.htm Issue #2 contains column-width illustrations for the stories, all unsigned, plus some "clipart", including the "D. Osé" image recycled from issue #1.

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Editor Title: Tales of Wonder - 1938 • [Tales of Wonder] • (1938) • edited by Walter Gillings [as by Walter H. Gillings]

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