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Famous Impostors

Bram Stoker

First published 1910
Publisher Sidgwick & Jackson
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Pages ix+349
Price 10/6

  • First published in the US by Sturgis & Walton. The UK edition (probably January 1911) was printed in the US and its printed pages appear to be identical, except the title leaf. See the publication records.
  • Wikipedia (May 2019) provides a front cover image of the UK edition (Sidgwick & Jackson), and list of Contents with some annotations and wikilinks.
  • HathiTrust Digital Library (HathiTrust.org) catalogs full views of five copies, all as Sturgis & Walton, 1910 – the 1st edition. There are anomalies: 1. That from University of Wisconsin–Madison is a copy of the UK edition (Sidgwick & Jackson). 2. That from Cornell has a front cover different from the two California copies, although the covers look original and the printed pages appear to be identical. (The NYPL copy has been rebound certainly.)

  • UK edition, printed in the US
  • Published in January 1911 evidently, although announced for Autumn 1910 and dated 1910. There is a listing in "The Pick of the Publishing Season", The Nation 1910-10-08 p78 supplement (with price). Otherwise this title is found only in 1911, in May 2019 automated search of 1910/1911 UK newspapers and magazines; earliest: • listing in "Publications of the Week", The Spectator 1911-01-07 p28 • review in "Current Literature", The Scotsman -01-19 p2 There are numerous reviews January to April 1911.
  • HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of one copy with presumably original front cover. (As of May 2019 it is mis-catalogued as one among several copies of the US edition, with identical page-count.) -- copyright page states British and US copyrights 1910 by Stoker; "Printed in the United States of America" -- Preface, p.v-ix -- Illustrations, [xiii], lists 10 (frontispiece plus 9 plates not included in the pagination); evidently portrait drawings of 10 "impostors" -- text spans p3-345 -- Index, p347-49 Except the title leaf, interior pages appear identical to those of the US edition.

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Famous Impostors 1910 Sturgis & Walton Company Hardcover Nonfiction ix+349
Famous Impostors Cover 2003 Fredonia Books Trade Paperback Nonfiction 364
Famous Impostors Cover 2009 Cosimo Classics Trade Paperback Nonfiction 366
Famous Impostors 2016 Project Gutenberg eBook Nonfiction 51391