Mighty Midgets
From 1939 the British Woolworths Group sold "Mighty Midgets", 32-page books that measured 3¾ inches by 2½ inches (10 x 7cm) and were sold at the artificially low price of threepence; the price subsidised by a full page advertisement on the back.
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Famous quotes containing the words mighty and/or midgets:
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