• Publication: Down to EarthPublication Record # 571297
• Author: Patricia Wrightson
• Date: 1965-00-00
• Publisher: Hutchinson
• Price:
  15/-^?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: 192
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: NOVEL
• Notes:

  • 1st UK ed.
  • Capsule review in Christian Science Monitor 1965-11-04 pB6, "The English Scene" by Margery Fisher from London, implies Fall 1965 publication ("Harvest time ... this year's harvest does seem richer than ever"). Other database records report Spring 1965 (US) and August (Australia) publications.
  • Price from publisher advertisement The Observer 1965-12-12 p28 (as Hutchinson for Children)
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 30289791
  • Reginald-1: 15677

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• Down to Earth • juvenile • novel by Patricia Wrightson
•  Down to Earth • interior artwork by Margaret Horder