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  • Publication: Flight of the "Hesper"Publication Record # 266526
  • Author: George Hay
  • Date: 1952-00-00
  • Publisher: Hamilton & Co.
  • Price:
    1/6?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: 112
  • 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: Flight of the "Hesper" by George Ratcliffe
  • Notes:
    • Publication contains no date. Conflicting WorldCat records give the date as 1951 (OCLC 270830768) and 1952 (OCLC 18838752).
    • Tuck lists it as "Not dated (1950's)" in Volume 3 (page 764) of his encyclopedia in the listings for Panther Books Ltd.
    • Reginald dates it as definitely 1952.
    • Harbottle & Holland (p. 69) give a publication date of Dec. 1951. Add synopsis, artist.
    • Tuck III, pg. 658, mid. left col., states Hamilton, 1952, 112 pages, 1/6.
    • Reginald1 identifies the actual author as George Albert Hay, a mistake corrected in Reginald3.
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Bleiler Early Years N/A Rtrace 2021-04-09 21:40:57
Bleiler Supernatural N/A Rtrace 2021-04-09 21:40:57
Bleiler1 (Gernsback) N/A Dragoondelight 2010-06-28 09:23:12
Bleiler78 N/A Rtrace 2021-04-09 21:40:57
Clute/Grant N/A Rtrace 2021-04-09 21:40:57
Clute/Nicholls Verified Rtrace 2021-04-09 21:40:57
Contento1 (anth/coll) N/A Dragoondelight 2010-06-28 09:23:12
Currey N/A Rtrace 2021-04-09 21:40:57
Locus1 N/A Dragoondelight 2010-06-28 09:23:12
Miller/Contento N/A Dragoondelight 2010-06-28 09:23:12
OCLC/Worldcat Verified Mhhutchins 2010-06-07 13:55:18
Reginald1 Verified Mhhutchins 2010-06-07 13:55:18
Reginald3 Verified Rtrace 2021-04-09 21:40:57
Tuck Verified Rtrace 2021-04-09 21:40:57
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