Title: The Mystery of the Sea
Title Record # 176356
Author: Bram Stoker
Date: 1902-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Author: Bram Stoker
Date: 1902-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Note:
Pages 457-98 identically in the 1902 editions contain "Appendix"/"Appendices" (US/UK), or Appendix A to Appendix E.
• Appendix A to D, pp. 457-75
These feature secret writing, Francis Bacon's "Bi-Literal Cipher" and some derived ciphers. Presumably these support the role in the story of two encoded messages that are displayed on one unnumbered leaf following the Contents list.
• Appendix E, pp. 476-98
"Narrative of Bernardino de Escoban, Knight of the Cross of the Holy See and Grandee of Spain"
Several reviews mention the cipher. The earliest found (Louisville Courier-Journal 1902-03-29 p5) is the most emphatic, as it notes, "The clever[est?] ... of the book is the adaptation of the Baconian cipher in furthering the plot and the romance."
Synopsis:
"When Archibald Hunter comes to Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire, for his annual holiday, he looks forward to a tranquil few days by the sea. But as he sits by the bridge he is disturbed by a strange vision of a couple he had seen earlier, the man now carrying a small black coffin. Shortly afterwards he discovers their child has drowned. The following day, speaking to a fisherman, he is again confronted by a portent of doom. As he sets out to sea, the other men speak his name - Lauchlane Macleod: the very same whose death Gormala had foretold. But how can this gaunt old woman know such things? Where are these terrible visions, whose force he seems unable to counter, taking him? What is the significance of the pages of cipher which once belonged to Don de Escoban? Can he solve the Mystery of the Sea?"
--quoted from this book's product page at Amazon UK as of 2017-08-29
--found 2019-05-10 as "From the Back Cover" at ASIN B079558GC5, 2018 Jovian Press ebook
--Google Books 2019-05-10 quotes the same description for its display of the 1902 Doubleday, Page edition (as W. Heinemann, 1902)
"What is the significance of the pages of cipher which once belonged to Don de Escoban? The cipher used is a Bacon biliteral cipher. Appendices to the novel contain an explanation of the Bacon biliteral cipher and of the solution process used. The main purpose of the novel seems to be not the plot, but the exposition of the cipher system and the solution of the cipher messages."
--Original Crypto Fiction #120 (faculty.knox.edu/jdooley/Crypto/Crypto1.htm)
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Mystery of the Sea | 1902-03-00 | Bram Stoker | Doubleday, Page & Company | $1.50?$: US dollar |
viii+ 498 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
The Mystery of the Sea | 1902-07-00 | Bram Stoker | William Heinemann | 6/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
x+ 498 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
The Mystery of the Sea | 1903-00-00 | Bram Stoker | William Heinemann | 498 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||||
The Mystery of the Sea | 1913-00-00 | Bram Stoker | William Rider & Son | 2/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
498 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
The Mystery of the Sea | 1922-00-00 | Bram Stoker | William Heinemann | 3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
510 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
The Mystery of the Sea | 1922-00-00 | Bram Stoker | William Heinemann | 2/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
498 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
The Mystery of the Sea | 1930-00-00 | Bram Stoker | Rider & Co. | 2/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
318 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
The Mystery of the Sea | 1997-07-01 | Bram Stoker | Sutton Publishing (Pocket Classics) | 0-7509-1468-8 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
315 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
Five Novels | 2006-00-00 | Bram Stoker | Barnes & Noble Books (Library of Essential Writers) | 0-7607-7960-0 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
x+ 1280 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | ||
The Mystery of the Sea | 2007-08-20 | Bram Stoker | Valancourt Books (Valancourt Classics) | 978-1-934555-21-7 | $19.99?$: US dollar |
xx+ 378 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Bram Stoker: 4 | 2009-08-00 | Bram Stoker | Leonaur Ltd | 978-1-84677-833-9 | £12.99?£: UK pound |
452 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | ||
The Mystery of the Sea | 2012-05-20 | Bram Stoker | Forgotten Books (Forgotten Books Classic Reprints) | 978-1-4400-7132-4 | $12.61?$: US dollar |
550 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
The Mystery of the Sea | 2013-04-02 | Bram Stoker | Project Gutenberg | 42455 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
The Mystery of the Sea | 2013-05-05 | Bram Stoker | CreateSpace | 978-1-4848-8441-6 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
170 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
The Mystery of the Sea | 2013-06-12 | Bram Stoker | Wildside Press | 978-1-4344-4211-6 | $12.99?$: US dollar |
306 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
The Bram Stoker Megapack | 2014-02-11 | Bram Stoker | Wildside Press (Megapack) | 978-1-4794-0187-1 | $0.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
The Mystery of the Sea | 2014-07-09 | Bram Stoker | Flying Fish | 978-1-63295-161-8 | $0.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel |