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Publication: Marvel Science Stories (UK), May 1951

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  • Publication: Marvel Science Stories (UK), May 1951Publication Record # 518678 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Robert O. Erisman
  • Date: 1951-05-00
  • Publisher: Thorpe and Porter
  • Price:
    1/6?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: 132
  • 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: Marvel Science Stories (UK), May 1951 by Norman Saunders (variant of Marvel Science Stories, February 1951)
  • Notes: Issue undated - date taken from Galactic Central magazine cover art database. Spine states "Number 1". This was the one and only UK issue of this magazine and is a full reprint of the February, 1951 US issue with the adverts replace by British ones. Publisher: contents page is a direct reprint of the US edition showing Stadium Publishing Corporation as publisher, however back cover states, "produced in Great Britain for Thorpe & Porter Ltd, Leicester by the Jenson Book Co. Ltd, Oadby, Leicester." It is assumed Thorpe & Porter are the UK publisher and Jenson Book Co. the printer. Price: UK price was shown by a sticker covering the originally printed US price and obviously varied - cover image shows 2/-, physical verification copy has price of 1/6.
Cover art supplied by Galactic Central
Editor Title: Marvel Science Stories (UK), May 1951 • [Marvel Science Stories (UK)] • edited by Robert O. Erisman

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