- Publication: The Children of Green KnowePublication Record # 260804
- Author: L. M. Boston
- Date: 1954-00-00
- Publisher: Faber and Faber
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Price: 10/6?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: 157
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Format: hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
- Type: NOVEL
- Cover: The Children of Green Knowe by Peter Boston
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Notes:
- 1st ed.
- Price confirmed from listing in "Books Received", Manchester Guardian 1954-08-19.
- Canada price C$2.50 per review by S.T., The Globe and Mail (Toronto) 1954-11-13 p19 (positive).
- Cover artist is interior illustrator Peter Boston, from the lead of his obituary by Alan Powers, The Independent (London), 1999-12-01.
- Tuck erroneously lists the title as "Children of the Green Knowe". The incorrect title also appears in some contemporary newspaper articles.
- External IDs:
Contents (view Concise Listing)
- The Children of Green Knowe • juvenile • [Green Knowe • 1] • novel by L. M. Boston
- The Children of Green Knowe • interior artwork by Peter Boston
Secondary Verifications
Source | Status | Verifier | Date |
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Clute/Grant | Verified | Rtrace | 2021-07-15 07:24:13 |
Reginald1 | Verified | Chris J | 2015-11-12 17:34:52 |
Tuck | Verified | Mhhutchins | 2008-04-20 12:02:25 |
OCLC/Worldcat | Verified | Chris J | 2019-02-12 22:36:05 |