• Publication: The Lottery TicketPublication Record # 706344
• Author: Jules Verne
• Date: 1886-08-00
• Publisher: Sampson Low
• Price:
  7/6^?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).
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: NOVEL
• Notes: 37 illustrations, crown 8vo (per JVE). Cover image available at www.julesverne.ca. Sources:

  • Title, date (August 1886), publisher (Sampson Low) and price (7s6d) from Jules Verne Encyclopedia.
  • Title, date (1886), publisher (Sampson Low) and translation from from jv.gilead.org.il.
  • Title, date (1886) and publisher (Sampson Low) from //www.julesverne.ca.

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• The Lottery Ticket • [Voyages extraordinaires • 28] • novel by Jules Verne (trans. of Un billet de loterie)