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Publisher Hodder & Stoughton: Books Published in 1959

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Title Date Author/Editor Publication series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Death Rays of Ardilla 1959-00-00 Captain W. E. Johns    
8/6?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).
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Leslie Stead  
Count-Down 1959-00-00 Charles Eric Maine    
12/6?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).
191
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Martin Kaye  
Night of the Big Heat 1959-00-00 John Lymington    
12/6?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).
160
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Peter Rudland  
The Ape of London 1959-00-00 Frank Crisp    
12/6?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).
192
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.
novel  
The Drought 1959-00-00 John Creasey       191
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Chain Reaction 1959-04-00 Christopher Hodder-Williams       309
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Martin Kaye  
Chain Reaction 1959-05-00 Christopher Hodder-Williams       309
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Martin Kaye  
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