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Publication: The Lord of the Rushie River

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  • Publication: The Lord of the Rushie RiverPublication Record # 415981
  • Author: Cicely Mary Barker
  • Date: 1938-00-00
  • Publisher: Blackie & Son
  • Price:
    2/-?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: 48
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: CHAPBOOK
  • Cover: The Lord of the Rushie River by Cicely Mary Barker
  • Notes:
    • Data from WorldCat and Wikipedia. Original price from an Abebook's seller.
    • Small format, 5.5" x 4.25"
    • Possible 1939 reprint implied by Wikipedia. Several other reprint years implied by Abebook and Amazon sellers. A copy listed with a Christmas 1950 inscription has a price of 2/6. This seems to be an edition listed on Amazon with a list of Barker's other books, which ends with "Flower Fairies of the Wayside", published in 1948. Amazon also lists a 1960 edition, and AbeBooks a 1976 edition, plus editions in the 80's.
    • 12 color plates, plus additional b&w illustrations.
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