Random Shots

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Overview:

Title: Random Shots
Author: Max Adeler
Year: 1878
Publisher: John W. Lovell
Pages: 326
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Collection
Title Reference: Random Shots
Notes:
OCLC and LOC give the date as "[1883]". Bleiler78 and Bleiler's The Guide to Supernatural Fiction give the date as "[1878]". Both Clute encyclopedias give the first edition as a UK edition (presumably the Ward Lock edition) with a date of 1878.

WorldCat (OCLC, below) reports Series: "Lovell's library, v. 5 no. 295."

Library of Congress (LCCN) links e-copy at LOC.gov that contains "Lovell's Library--Catalogue" (image 10), a list of titles (some authors) and prices (10, 15, or 20 cents) numbered 1 to 112. -- title page undated -- "Copyright, 1878, by Chas. Heber Clark" (the writer) -- Preface, p[5]-6; closing "Max Adeler", no date -- Contents, p[7], lists short story titles (no subtitles) and page numbers given below -- stories span p[9]-326 -- unnumbered back pages, advertisements by Lovell (few) and others Image 339 is "Lovell's Library--Catalogue", as described above except numbered 113 to 208.

One Lovell publication advertised as "Recently Published" is Lovell's Library No. 173(!); 1 vol. 12mo., paper cover, price 20 cents.