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Publication: I, Libertine

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  • Publication: I, LibertinePublication Record # 17677
  • Author: Frederick R. Ewing
  • Date: 1956-08-14
  • Catalog ID: 165
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books
  • Price:
    $0.35?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 151
  • Format:
    pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: I, Libertine (1956) • by Frank Kelly Freas
  • Notes:
    • © 1956 No printing or edition stated.
    • According to "The Book That Wasn't" by John Wilcock (The Village Voice, August 1, 1956) there were going to be 25,000 copies of the paperback printed. No mention is made of the hardcover state and no mention is made of Sturgeon in the article.
    • LOC lists Sturgeon and Shepherd as jointly sharing the pseudonym [Currey] (1979). Current LOC entry only lists Shepherd (2014).
    • Cover art credited on copyright page and artist's glyph visible on cover.
    • Publication date from Catalog of Copyright entry A00000266113. Copyright renewed 1984-11-26 (RE0000220733). Both entries list both Sturgeon and Shepherd as co-authors.
    • No BLIC.
    • OCLC 6143408 makes no mention of Sturgeon.
    • OCLC 68705026 notes this as written by Sturgeon to continue the hoax begun by Shepherd.
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