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Publication: A Short History of the World

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  • Publication: A Short History of the WorldPublication Record # 550130
  • Author: H. G. Wells
  • Date: 1960-00-00
  • Catalog ID: A5
  • Publisher: Pelican / Penguin Books
  • Price:
    3/6?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: 367
  • 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: NONFICTION
  • Notes:
    • As per copyright page : "First published 1922. Published by Penguin Books 1936. New and revised edition 1946. Reprinted 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960", thus 8th printing of the 1946 edition.
    • No illustration on cover, apart from the Pelican logo.
    • Uncredited photograph of author on bc.
    • Text illustrated with 20 maps signed J. F. H.
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Nonfiction Title: A Short History of the World • non-genre • (1922) • nonfiction by H. G. Wells

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