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Publication: Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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  • Publication: Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydePublication Record # 371075
  • Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Date: 1886-01-05
  • Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.
  • Price:
    1/-?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: 141
  • 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
  • Notes:
    • First English Edition, earliest binding state (buff wrappers rebacked with matching paper), first printing. Released about a week before the hc edition. "First issue with "5" in 1885 ink changed from "6" by hand from the publisher. Also, an ad for the second edition of "A Child's Garden of Verses" at rear."
    • Heritage Auctions comments: "The book was originally to be released in December of 1885 and the wrappers had already been printed when the publisher, not wanting it to be lost among the bookstalls filled with Christmas offerings, postponed the release to January, 1886 thus the date on the wrappers was changed by hand in ink on this scarce first issue." The overwritten "5" can be seen by clicking the cover image above.
    • Information from PBA Galleries, items #225841 and #240634
    • Verification copy has "1886", hence is a later issue. First page is numbered "B".
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