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  • Publication Series: Books Within Books Pub. Series Record # 6430
  • Note: Edited by Dr Richard Wilson, B.A. (1928) Evidently Wilson is the series editor. Both volumes in the database December 2018 credit another person for the arrangement of the particular work. (Wilson is also the compiler of one 1928 volume in the "Teaching of English" series edited by Sir Henry Newbolt.) 'Messrs Nelson, Edinburgh, have issued in their "Books Within Books" series of reprints edited by Dr Richard Wilsohn, B.A., five volumes (each 1s. net), containing skilfully adapted extracts from well-known works of eminent authors in English literature, the selected passages forming a complete story." --The Scotsman 1928-05-10 p2; lead sentence in review of current publications from Nelson, about 10 books in three series
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Date Pub. Series # Title Author/Editor Publisher ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
1928-00-00 13 A Knight of the East: From the Novel Entitled "Sarchedon" G. J. Whyte-Melville Thomas Nelson & Sons  
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).
126
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
1930-00-00 31 Dwarfs and Giants, Being Selections from Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift, F. J. Tickner Thomas Nelson & Sons     127
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
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