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Publication: The Primal Urge

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  • Publication: The Primal UrgePublication Record # 213053
  • Author: Brian Aldiss
  • Date: 1967-00-00
  • Catalog ID: 10820
  • Publisher: Sphere Books
  • Price:
    5/-?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: 191
  • 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: NOVEL
  • Cover: The Primal Urge by David Davies (artist)
  • Notes: • "First Sphere Books edition, 1967" • Printing not stated, no number line • Cover is a photograph, credited to Davies on the back cover. • Australia 80c, NZ 6/6, South Africa RO. 67, East Africa 6/00 • "Brian Aldiss" (No "W") on cover, copyright and title page [Author's Note signed "B.W.A."] • Part One is called "A Putative Utopia", Chapters I-VI, Part Two is "Browbeaten But Victorious?" Chapters VII-XV.
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