Publication: Collected Short Stories: Volume 4

Publication: Collected Short Stories: Volume 4Publication Record # 505824
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
Date: 1963-00-00
Catalog ID: 1874
Publisher: Penguin 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: 464
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:
- Probable first printing, 4th of 4 volumes; The Complete Short Stories first published in 3 volumes by Heinemann in 1951.
- No illustration on cover.
- Author's portrait on bc, common to all four volumes of the series.
- Only spec-fic content listed below.

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