Publication: The Plattner Story and Others

Publication: The Plattner Story and OthersPublication Record # 45394
Author: H. G. Wells
Date: 1897-03-00
Publisher: Methuen
Price:
6/-^?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: vii+301
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Notes: • No statement of printing on copyright page • Price from Tuck • An OCLC record notes the month from a publisher's catalogue in the back of the book This is the source edition for Project Gutenberg Ebook #42989 (see). The ebook (viewed in HTML format) begins with a front cover image: design as displayed here, nearly maroon in hue. It accurately represents all front material including layout. HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of one copy with original cover: -- front cover: gold lettering on maroon cloth -- title page -- stories span p1-301; printer statement p[302] -- 40 back pages (images 317-56): "A Catalogue of Books and Announcements of Methuen and Company ..." (header) and (first-page footer) "March 1897" Full title and subtitle "In the Modern Vein: An Unsympathetic Love Story" appear only on page 224, with short title "In the Modern Vein" in the Contents list.
External IDs:
- BL: 014831881
- Bleiler Early Years: 2326
- Bleiler Supernatural: 1676
- OCLC/WorldCat: 2300450
- Reginald-1: 15056

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Collection Title: The Plattner Story and Others • (1897) • collection by H. G. Wells

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

2 • The Plattner Story • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
29 • The Argonauts of the Air • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
47 • The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
71 • In the Abyss • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
94 • The Apple • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
106 • Under the Knife • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
126 • The Sea-Raiders • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
142 • Pollock and the Porroh Man • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
165 • The Red Room • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
179 • The Cone • non-genre • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
196 • The Purple Pileus • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
213 • The Jilting of Jane • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
224 • In the Modern Vein: An Unsympathetic Love Story • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
239 • A Catastrophe • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
252 • The Lost Inheritance • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
262 • The Sad Story of a Dramatic Critic • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
274 • A Slip Under the Microscope • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells

Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	Verified	Rtrace	2019-01-05 23:09:36
Bleiler Supernatural	Verified	Rtrace	2019-01-05 23:09:36
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	Verified	Rtrace	2019-01-05 23:09:36
Bleiler78	Verified	SGale	2013-07-05 14:15:41
Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-19 18:13:03
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	SGale	2013-07-06 12:52:40
Contento1 (anth/coll)	Verified	Bluesman	2009-12-05 22:48:31
Currey	Verified	Bluesman	2009-12-05 22:48:31
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2009-12-05 22:48:31
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2009-12-05 22:48:31
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2009-12-05 22:48:31
Reginald1	Verified	Bluesman	2017-04-19 18:13:03
Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2017-04-19 18:13:03
Tuck	Verified	Bluesman	2017-04-19 18:13:03

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Publication: The Plattner Story and Others

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Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

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