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Frankenstein : or, The modern Prometheus
- Title
- Frankenstein : or, The modern Prometheus / by Mary W. Shelley.
- Author
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851.
- Publication
- [London] : Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd., 66-66A Great Queen Street, Kingsway, London, W.C.2, [between 1931 and 1935].
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | copy 1 | Text | Permit needed | Pforz (Shelley, M. W. Frankenstein. 1931. Readers) copy 1 | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | copy 2 | Text | Permit needed | Pforz (Shelley, M. W. Frankenstein. 1931. Readers) copy 2 | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- [3]-252, [2] pages; 18 cm
- Alternative Title
- Modern Prometheus
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Science fiction.
- Horror fiction.
- Fiction.
- Note
- "On this famous story Universal have based a film starring Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Frederick Kerr and Mae Clarke."
- Publisher's advertisements: pages [253-254].
- The film was released in 1931; the publisher ceased production in 1935.
- Call Number
- Pforz (Shelley, M. W. Frankenstein. 1931. Readers)
- OCLC
- 48461468
- Author
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851.
- Title
- Frankenstein : or, The modern Prometheus / by Mary W. Shelley.
- Publisher
- [London] : Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd., 66-66A Great Queen Street, Kingsway, London, W.C.2, [between 1931 and 1935].
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Pforzheimer copy 1: With the bookseller's ticket of Newbold's Bookshop Ltd, Dunedin, New Zealand. -- Lacking the dust jacket. -- Publisher's gilt maroon boards.Pforzheimer copy 2: With the dust jacket, featuring a depiction of Boris Karloff as the creature, and the text: "I live! I breathe! I walk! I see! What am I? Man or monster?" -- Publisher's gilt maroon boards.
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- Place of Publication
- England London
- Added Author
- Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd., publisher.Greycaine Book Manufacturing Company, printer.Newbold's Bookshop Ltd., bookseller
- Research Call Number
- Pforz (Shelley, M. W. Frankenstein. 1931. Readers)