Posted by Peter H on June 15, 2007 at 11:11:31 from 86.149.219.16 user Peter_H.
In Reply to: Re: A weighty tome? posted by Paul on June 15, 2007 at 07:51:46:
Also in true funeral spirit I can fill in some missing years from Paul's Swallowdale list (without dust-jacket in each case):
Cape 1947 20th 453pp 457g
Cape 1960 26th 453pp 495g
Looking at the two lists one can see the reduction in paper weight during the 1939-45 war, and then the gradual improvement afterwards. The weight of the pre-war 1938 edition (723g) is astonishing - the paper must almost be like cardboard!
I am also surprised to note that there were 9 Impressions of SD during the war.