Publication: The Black Cloud

Publication: The Black CloudPublication Record # 258514
Author: Fred Hoyle
Date: 1963-00-00
Catalog ID: 1466
Publisher: Penguin Books
Price:
2/6^?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: 219
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 Black Cloud by John Griffiths
Notes: • "Published in Penguin Books 1960" • "Reprinted 1961, 1963"; thus third printing, no number line • The '1961' reprint states it was printed in 1960 • Tuck notes this 1963 printing but has the price as 3/-, possibly an Australian printing or there may be two 1963 printings • "Cover drawing by John Griffiths" on inside of the front cover, no visible signature on the artwork • OCLC has no record for this printing

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