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Publication: Selected Short Stories

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  • Publication: Selected Short StoriesPublication Record # 304333
  • Author: H. G. Wells
  • Date: 1958-09-25
  • Catalog ID: 1310
  • Publisher: Penguin Books
  • Pub. Series: Penguin Short Stories
  • Price:
    3/6?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: 352
  • 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: "Published in Penguin Books 1958" on copyright page. [Currey] Exact date from the Penguin website 21 stories from The Short Stories of H.G. Wells published in 1927 by Ernest Benn Tuck has the price as 4/-, possibly for an Australian edition
  • External IDs:
    • OCLC/WorldCat: 4539225
    • Reginald-1: 15059
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Collection Title: Selected Short Stories • (1958) • collection by H. G. Wells

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