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The Man with the Broken Ear

Edmond About

First published 1867
Publisher Leypoldt & Holt
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Pages 254

Notes

  • {{tr|Henry Holt}} "from the French of Edmond About", published in the 1867 Leypoldt & Holt edition --1867 title page (viewed at HathiTrust)
  • The 1867 Dedication by Holt to Leypoldt reveals that Leypoldt had declined to publish "this identical translation" in 1865 (view the next leaf at HathiTrust). Leypoldt had been a bookseller in Philadelphia, and from 1863 to 1865 a publisher also. --Wikipedia
  • Bleiler78 Code: U3T3X3

  • Translated by Henry Holt (see the novel record)
  • HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL) provides full view of two copies including one from Harvard University with the original cover (red cloth with gold stamped, stylized LH): -- price from "Seasonable New Books", facing the title page -- translation spans p1-251, Notes p[253]-54 -- "Recent publications of [L&H]", 7 unnumbered back pages This copy contains a bookplate that records library acquisition 1867-11-19. The HDL copy from NY Public Library is inscribed "July 1867" on one front page.

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Man with the Broken Ear 1872 Holt & Williams Hardcover Novel 254
The Man with the Broken Ear 1873 Holt & Williams Hardcover Novel 254
The Man with the Broken Ear 1975 Arno Press Hardcover Novel 254
The Man with the Broken Ear 2007 Project Gutenberg eBook Novel 20724
The Man with the Broken Ear Cover 2009 Serenity Publishers Trade Paperback Novel 156
The Man with the Broken Ear Cover 2009 ValdeBooks Trade Paperback Novel 162
The Man with the Broken Ear Cover 2013 CreateSpace Trade Paperback Novel 114
The Man with the Broken Ear Cover 2015 CreateSpace Trade Paperback Novel 114