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  • Publication: Space PiratesPublication Record # 322829
  • Author: Astron del Martia
  • Date: 1951-02-00
  • Publisher: Gaywood Press
  • 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: Space Pirates by Leroi
  • Notes:
    • No edition, printing, printing date or copyright information in book. [This Publication Record].
    • Cover artist not credited in book. Signature "Leroi" at bottom right front cover.
    • Adds: synopsis, all. Information on page 67, Harbottle/Holland.
    • Pseudonym assignment: H&H assigns this to the "Franz Harkon" pseudonym. Tuck states it is John Russell Fearn. Philip Harbottle of H&H owns the Fearn literary estate and does not claim this story. In order of publication the three stories go Space Pirates, Spawn of Space (Harkon) and Interstellar Espionage (which has characters shared with the Harkon book).
    • Tuck III, pg. 649, top rt. col., states John Russell Fearn, "as Astron del Martia", Gaywood, 1951, 112 pages, 1/6.
    • OCLC 7517202 adds "Cover art by Leroi."
    • Reginald1 has date as 1950?
    • H&H states artist is Leroi (Osborne).
  • External IDs:
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Primary Verifications

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Dragoondelight 2010-07-05 16:35:00 Permanent 2010-09-05

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Bleiler Early Years N/A Rtrace 2021-05-30 12:24:57
Bleiler Supernatural N/A Rtrace 2021-05-30 12:24:57
Bleiler1 (Gernsback) N/A Dragoondelight 2010-07-05 16:35:00
Bleiler78 N/A Rtrace 2021-05-30 12:24:57
Clute/Grant N/A Rtrace 2021-05-30 12:24:57
Clute/Nicholls Verified Rtrace 2021-05-30 12:24:57
Contento1 (anth/coll) N/A Dragoondelight 2010-07-05 16:35:00
Currey N/A Rtrace 2021-05-30 12:24:57
Locus1 N/A Dragoondelight 2010-07-05 16:35:00
Miller/Contento N/A Dragoondelight 2010-07-05 16:35:00
OCLC/Worldcat Verified Dragoondelight 2010-07-05 16:35:00
Reginald1 Verified Chris J 2019-12-26 21:08:10
Reginald3 Verified Rtrace 2021-05-30 12:24:57
Tuck Verified Rtrace 2021-05-30 12:24:57
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