- Publication: The Promise of SpacePublication Record # 827059
- Author: Arthur C. Clarke
- Date: 1970-00-00
- ISBN: 0-14-021136-5 [978-0-14-021136-8]
- Publisher: Pelican / Penguin Books
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Price: 10/-?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: 351
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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
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Notes:
- "First published in the U.S.A. 1968"
- "Published in Great Britain by Hodder & Stoughton 1968"
- "Published in Pelican Books 1970"
- "Copyright © Arthur C. Clarke, 1968, 1970"
- Printing not stated, no number line.
- Contains 25 titled illustrations, 13 tables and 34 titled photographic plates (the plates between pages 160-161), none of which are credited.
- Prices on back: United Kingdom 50p 10/-, Australia $1.70, New Zealand $1.70, South Africa R1.20
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