24. Paul Kelver

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  1. *Paul Kelver. London, Hutchinson & Co., 1902.

    A4 B-2C8. Pp. i-vii viii 1 2-398 [2].
    Contents: i-ii blank; iii half-title: PAUL KELVER; iv blank; v title-page; vi blank; vii-viii CONTENTS; 1 2-398 text; [1] [within rules] Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler’s / NEW / AND / POWERFUL / NOVEL / 2 / COMMENCES / IN / THE LADY’S REALM / FOR / NOVEMBER / Price 6d. / LONDON : HUTCHINSON & CO., PATERNOSTER ROW; [2] [within rules] HUTCHINSON’S SELECT NOVELS / Uniform Edition, each Volume in Crown 8vo, / Handsome Cloth Gilt. 3s. 6d. / [short rule] (list of 35 titles).
    Printed on wove paper, size 188 x 125mm.
    *Dark blue cloth; spine: [gilt lettered] [within rules] Paul / Kelver / Jerome K. Jerome / HUTCHINSON & Cº.
    Inserted after the final gathering are 8 pages of advertisements for Hutchinson’s new books for the autumn.
    Listed in English Catalogue, September 1902, 6/-; reviewed in Times Literary Supplement, 19 September 1902, 276.
    Copies seen: FR; APR (8).
    Reprinted a number of times
    Copies seen: APR (11 copies, various impressions).

  2. Paul Kelver. London, Hutchinson & Co. Colonial Edition.
    Not seen, but presume printed from the plates of the first edition.
  3. Paul Kelver. London, Hutchinson & Co., 1914. Popular edition, price 1/-.
    Not seen.
  4. Paul Kelver. London, Hutchinson & Co. (Hutchinson’s 6d. novels series).
    Not seen.
  5. Paul Kelver. Leipzig, Tauchnitz. 2 vols.
    Vol. 1: 18 2-188. Pp. 1-7 8-286 287-88.
    Contents: 1 half-title: COLLECTION OF / BRITISH AUTHORS / TAUCHNITZ EDITION. / VOL 3610. / PAUL KELVER. BY JEROME K. JEROME. / IN TWO VOLUMES.
    VOL. I.; 2 list of other Jerome titles in Tauchnitz editions; 3 title-page; 4 blank; 5-6 CONTENTS OF VOLUME I; 7 8-286 text; 287 [rule] / PRINTING OFFICE OF THE PUBLISHER / [rule]; 288 blank.
    Printed on wove paper size 164 x 118mm.
    Buff paper cover, lettered in black.
    Vol. 2: 18 2-188. Pp. 1-7 8-286 287-88.
    Contents: 1 half-title: COLLECTION OF / BRITISH AUTHORS / TAUCHNITZ EDITION. / VOL 3610. / PAUL KELVER. BY JEROME K. JEROME. / IN TWO VOLUMES. ‘ VOL. II.; 2 blank; 3 title-page; 4 blank; 5-6 CONTENTS OF VOLUME II; 7 8-286 text; 287 [rule] / PRINTING OFFICE OF THE PUBLISHER / [rule]; 288 blank.
    Printed on wove paper size 164 x 118mm.
    Buff paper cover, lettered in black.
    Copies seen: APR.
  6. *Paul Kelver. New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1902.

    Unsigned, 1-278. Pp. [4] i-iii iv 1 2-424.
    Contents: [1-2] blank; [3] half-title: Paul Kelver.; [4] blank; i title-page; ii Copyright, 1902, / By JEROME J. JEROME. / [short rule] / Copyright, 1902, / By DODD, MEAD & COMPANY. / [short rule] / First Edition published September, 1902.; iii-iv CONTENTS.; 1 2-424 text.
    Printed on laid paper, chain lines vertical, size 190 x 127mm.
    *Dark green cloth, with dull yellow lettering and heavy black rules on front and spine; spine: [double rule] / PAUL / KELVER / [double rule] / JEROME / K. / JEROME / [double rule] / [small black and dull yellow floral ornament] / DODD, MEAD / & COMPANY / [double rule]
    Listed in Publisher’s Weekly 1599, 20 September 1902; American Catalog 1900-1905, $1.50; reviewed in New York Times, 4 October 1902, 667.
    Copies seen: FR; APR (2); Bodleian Library – Arch H e.165, with blurred title-page dedication: ‘To Rowena / I work and could serve [?] / for the Chancellor of the Exchequer / Jerome K. Jerome’; University of Miami Library.
    There are reprints with red and green bindings.
    Copies seen: APR (1 red, 1902, 1 green, 1903).

  7. Paul Kelver. London, Cassell, 1936.
    389p.
    Light blue cloth, lettered in orange on the spine.
    Copies seen: APR.
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