Publication: A Case of Conscience

Publication: A Case of ConsciencePublication Record # 229465
Author: James Blish
Date: 1963-04-00
Catalog ID: 1809
Publisher: Penguin Books
Price:
3/-^?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: 192
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: NOVEL
Cover: A Case of Conscience by Max Ernst
Notes: "Copyright © James Blish, 1958" "First published by Faber and Faber 1959" "Published in Penguin Books 1963" Month from the Penguin Image website Printing not stated, no number line; first known Penguin printing "The cover shows a detail from Max Ernst's The Eye of Silence" from inside front cover "The beginning of this novel first appeared in abridged form as 'A Case of Conscience' in IF Worlds of Science Fiction, in which form it is copyright 1953 by Quinn Publishing Co., Inc."
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 18419822

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