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Title: The Begum's Fortune

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Title: The Begum's Fortune Title Record # 2692946
Author: Jules Verne
Date: 1958-00-00
Variant Title of: Les cinq cents millions de la Bégum [French] (1879) (by A. Laurie and Jules Verne) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: NOVEL
Series: Voyages extraordinaires
Series Number: 18
Language: English
Note: Translated by W. H. G. Kingston and edited and abridged by I. O. Evans. This translation begins: ""Really these English newspapers are very well written," said the worthy doctor to himself, as he leant back in the great leathern easy-chair. All his life, Dr. Sarrasin had been given to soliloquizing, one of the many results of his absence of mind."
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Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Begum's Fortune 1958-00-00 Jules Verne Associated Booksellers (The Fitzroy Edition of Jules Verne)  
$3.00?$: US dollar
191
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
The Begum's Fortune 1958-00-00 Jules Verne Bernard Hanison (The Fitzroy Edition of Jules Verne)  
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  
The Begum's Fortune 1968-00-00 Jules Verne Ace Books (The Fitzroy Edition of Jules Verne (Ace)) H-49
$0.60?$: US dollar
191
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 Jerome Podwil , Ron Miller Checkmark
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