• Publication: The First Astounding Science Fiction AnthologyPublication Record # 39844
• Editor: John W. Campbell, Jr.
• Date: 1954-00-00
• Publisher: Grayson & Grayson
• Price:
  9/6^?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: 239
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Notes: "First published in Great Britain 1954 on copyright page." - Currey
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 2083960
  • Reginald-1: 02517A

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