• Publication: The Summer BirdsPublication Record # 575389
• Author: Penelope Farmer
• Date: 1962-00-00
• Publisher: Chatto & Windus
• Price:
  12/6^?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: 156
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: NOVEL
• Notes: 1st UK ed. Price from advertisement by the publisher The Guardian 1962-12-07 p5 "Books for Christmas" (quotes Sunday Telegraph in review)
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 876594521

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• The Summer Birds • juvenile • [Emma / Charlotte • 1] • (1962) • novel by Penelope Farmer
•  The Summer Birds • (1962) • interior artwork by James J. Spanfeller