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Publication: The Plattner Story and Others

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  • 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

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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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