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The Pursuit of the House-Boat: Being Some Further Account of the Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes Esq
by Bangs, John Kendrick
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers, London and New York, 1900. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Poor/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Peter Newell. list of illustrations. Within the text there are 22 black-and-white illustrations by Peter Newell, but the frontispiece is missing. Black coloured boards with red coloured illustration, same illustration as for page 128, with red coloured titles to the front panel and spine. A pastiche on the Arthur Conon Doyle / Sherlock Holmes genre of crime writing. First published in 1897. The book is showing very much its age and wear. Softening and rubbing to the back strip edges and book corners with the underlying board of visible to the corners. Rubbing and fading of the cloth of the book and on the front panel there is a " cup ring " on the top left-hand corner. The book edges show wear and bumping. Browning and foxing and marking to the paper edges. Browning and foxing to the endpapers and the free front endpapers missing from both front and back of the book. The front and back hinges have split with underlying webbing visible. Previous owner's name to the top edge of the half title page and initials to the last page of the text as well as initials to the first page of the text. The illustration between pages 120-21 has become detached. Throughout the book there is handling marks, foxing and heavy browning. Size: 16mo - up to 6 ¾" tall - Sextodecimo. 204 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Peter Newell. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; 19th Century; Fiction -- Crime; Inventory No: 0103650. .
Synopsis
Pursuit of the House-Boat (sometimes called In Pursuit of the House-Boat or The Pursuit of the House-Boat) is an 1897 novel by John Kendrick Bangs, and the second one to feature his Associated Shades take on Hell.
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0103650
- Title
- The Pursuit of the House-Boat: Being Some Further Account of the Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes Esq
- Author
- Bangs, John Kendrick
- Illustrator
- Peter Newell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Sherlock Holmes -- Pastiche, Crime -- Novel Fiction; 19th Century; Fiction -- Crime; Peter Newell Unbranded Bangs, John Kendrick The Pursuit of the House-Boat: Being Some Further Account of the Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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