• Publication: The Cynic's Desperate MissionPublication Record # 257022
• Author: H. Kaner
• Date: 1946-00-00
• Publisher: The Kaner Publishing Company
• Price:
  1/-^?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: 64
• 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
• Notes: Publication date not stated and taken from the British Library and Al Hubin's ''Crime Fiction IV'', although Oxford University gives 1947 as the assumed publication date. Hubin gives Merrett as the publisher, but Oxford University and British Library give "Llandudno: Kaner Publishing Co.".
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 560496406
  • Reginald-1: 08052

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• The Cynic's Desperate Mission • short story by H. Kaner
• The Gloves • (1944) • short story by H. Kaner
• Prize-Winning Bride • short story by H. Kaner
• War Flash, A.D.1975 • (1944) • short story by H. Kaner