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Famous Impostors

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Famous Impostors
First British edition (Sidgwick & Jackson, printed in the US)[1]
AuthorBram Stoker
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSturgis & Walton (US)
Publication date
November 1910[2]
Media typePrint (hardcover)

Famous Impostors is the last of four non-fiction books completed by Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula.[3] It features numerous historical impostors and hoaxes.

The first edition was published by the Sturgis & Walton Company of New York in November 1910.[2] The British edition was published by Sidgwick & Jackson of London, also dated 1910, but printed in the United States.[1] Newspaper and magazine coverage implies that it was published in January 1911.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Copyright page. Full view of the UK edition, London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1910 (original from University of Wisconsin–Madison). HathiTrust Digital Library.
  2. ^ a b Copyright page. Full view of the US edition, New York: Sturgis & Walton, 1910 (original from University of California–Berkeley). HathiTrust Digital Library.
  3. ^ "Bram Stoker". Bibliography with numerous front cover images and price data. Fantastic Fiction.
  4. ^ Famous Impostors title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
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