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  • Publication: Babel-17Publication Record # 284884
  • Author: Samuel R. Delany
  • Date: 1969-05-00
  • Catalog ID: 28878
  • 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: 158
  • 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: Babel-17 (1969) • by Bill Botten
  • Notes: "© Ace Books, 1966" "First published in Great Britain in 1967 by Victor Gollancz Ltd" "First Sphere Books edition, 1969" Printing not stated, no number line Publication month from the 1968 Sphere edition of "The Towers of Toron" Artist not credited (artist credit from his website). Currey states that the Gregg Press edition, 1976, used the text of this Sphere edition. He describes this edition as 'revised' but there is nothing in the book to indicate any changes. Australia 80c; New Zealand 75c; United Kingdom 5/0; South Africa 60c; East Africa 6/00
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