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Publication: Selected Short Stories

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  • Publication: Selected Short StoriesPublication Record # 524428
  • Author: H. G. Wells
  • Date: 1968-00-00
  • Catalog ID: 1310
  • Publisher: Penguin Books
  • Price:
    4/-?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: 352
  • 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: COLLECTION
  • Cover: Selected Short Stories by Harry Willock
  • Notes:
    • As per copyright page : "First published in a collected edition by Ernest Benn Limited 1927. Published in Penguin Books 1958. Reprinted 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968", thus 7th printing.
    • Cover art credit on bc.
    • Overseas prices : A$0.70, NZ$0.55, C$0.85, South Africa R0.55.
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Collection Title: Selected Short Stories • (1958) • collection by H. G. Wells

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