Pat,

Sorry, I can't help you with the date, but with the price of the 
volume, 1/- means one shilling, not one pound.  (There used to be 12 
pence [pennies] to one shilling, and 20 shillings to one pound).

Pamela Morrison IBCLC
Rustington, England  (relieved that we've now gone metric, at least 
with our currency!)

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