Publication: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories

Publication: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other StoriesPublication Record # 332789
Author: Oscar Wilde
Date: 1891-00-00
Publisher: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co.
Price:
2/-^?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: 168
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Notes: Price from BLIC HathiTrust Digital Library (catalog record) provides full view of two copies, except original cover, apparently identical -- title page shows 5-line imprint above date (quote): London // James R. Osgood, // McIlvaine and Co., // 45 // Albemarle Street -- text spans p[3]-168 "The End"; "Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh." Title pages of the four stories (implied numbers given here) may be interpreted as giving subtitles thus: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: A study of duty The Sphinx Without a Secret: An etching The Canterville Ghost: A Hylo-Idealistic Romance The Model Millionaire: A note of admiration
External IDs:
- BL: 014758245
- Bleiler Supernatural: 1709
- OCLC/WorldCat: 1810835
- Reginald-1: 15320

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Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	N/A	Rtrace	2019-04-12 07:11:46
Bleiler Supernatural	Verified	Rtrace	2019-04-12 07:11:46
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	N/A	Bluesman	2015-12-14 15:12:48
Bleiler78	Verified	Rtrace	2019-04-12 07:11:46
Clute/Grant	Verified	Rtrace	2019-04-12 07:11:46
Clute/Nicholls	N/A	Bluesman	2015-12-14 15:12:48
Contento1 (anth/coll)	N/A	Bluesman	2015-12-14 15:12:48
Currey	N/A	Bluesman	2015-12-14 15:12:48
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2015-12-14 15:12:48
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2015-12-14 15:12:48
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2015-12-14 15:12:48
Reginald1	Verified	Bluesman	2015-12-14 15:12:48
Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2015-12-14 15:12:48
Tuck	N/A	Bluesman	2015-12-14 15:12:48