• Publication: The Little Green ManPublication Record # 362069
• Author: F. M. Allen
• Date: 1895-10-00
• Publisher: Downey & Co.
• 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: 152
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: NOVEL
• Notes:

  • First edition, 1st printing intended
  • Not to be confused with the cheaper (priced 3/6) edition/reprint which appeared in late 1895
  • Publication date (inferred) and price from multiple advertisements "Downey & Co.'s New List" including:
    • The 1895-10-15 issue of the newspaper Manchester Guardian, page 10 under "New 5s. Novels" (the earliest mention)
    • The 1895-11-02 issue of The Academy, page 354
    • The 1895-11-02 issue of The Spectator, page 590, which consists of the following two lines:
      •   The Little Green Man : a Fairy Tale.
      •   Illustrated by B. S. Le Fanu. Imperial 16mo. [Just ready.
    • The listings in Manchester Guardian and The Academy note "[This day.".
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 18925000
  • Reginald-3: 24054

Contents (view Concise Listing)

•  The Little Green Man • (1895) • interior artwork by Brinsley Le Fanu [as by Brinsley Lefanu]
• The Little Green Man • (1895) • novel by F. M. Allen