Imaginary People: A Who's Who of Modern Fictional Characters

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Title: Imaginary People: A Who's Who of Modern Fictional Characters
Author: David Pringle
Year: 1987
ISBN-10: 0246129689
Publisher: Grafton
Price: £14.95
Pages: x+518
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Non-fiction
Title Reference: Imaginary People: A Who's Who of Modern Fictional Characters
Notes: Jacket collage by Cathy Hull on rear flap of dustrwapper. Published by Grafton Books 1987 Assumed first printing - no numberline. Exact publication date from typed unsigned Grafton Books Press Release included loose in PV1's copy. Page numbering doesn't quite make sense - roman numeraled pages end at x, numbered pages start at 4 but according to ToC "Note on using this book" is on page xi but counting back from the first numbered page would make this page 1. Acknowledgements on p.vi Introduction dated Brighton, 1987. Bibliography on p.510 Picture Credits on p.517