Search Results: a house boat on the styx being by bangs john kendrick

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1923. Red boards have light wear, minor rubbing to corners and tips. Most library markings removed. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York.: Harper & Brothers., 1923. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Top front random ink stain. Inscribed on first free end paper as gift, signed Tom, with early 20th century style calling card, Mr. Thomas Branch Alexander, note on reverse. Rust marks on card & page.... 1 Orange cloth over boards. Black spine and front titles. 171 p. 20 cm. Text blocks 2.5x4.5in with wide borders. Fiction set in late 19th century on the River Styx. Ferryman Charon is reflecting on his fine monopoly on the river when he comes upon "a Florentine barn" that is a large boat crafted in fine materials. He boards, and learns from a "shade' behind a large spotlight, "The house committee wants you right away." Members of the committee include Sir Walter Raleigh, Cassius, Demosthenes, Blackstone, Doctor Johnson, Confucius, and other historical figures whose tales will be humorously told.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1898. HC. good, decorated green cloth (hardcover). B&W and color illustrations. 171pp.

Harper & brothers, 1900. Hardcover. Good.

New York and London: Harper & Bros., 1897. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4400 shelf. Compact 6.75" high x 4.5" wide. Gold, black & red-stamped partly waterstained slightly discolored olive cloth. Inked name FEP, clean text. With uncredited Peter Newell b/w artwork; ads. Solid.

Harper & brothers, 1896-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Used: Good/No Jacket. 6x4x1. Cover and edges show aging and wear. The text is clean and clear.

Harper & brothers, 1896-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1896 pictorial front board w/ frontis

New York: Harper, 1896. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Good hardcover. Pages brown, clean text. Name on front endpaper. Corners bent. Spine light brown. Green cover with design and Gold gilt letters. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1896. Hardcover. Good. Later printing. 16mo. Pictorial green cloth stamped in orange, black and gilt, unsigned. Illustrated with black and white plates by Peter Newell. Spine sunned, spine ends chipped, small stain on rear board, thus good only.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1902. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. Illustrated. Green cloth with spine stamped in red and gilt. Faint tideline on page edges in the last third of book, endpapers with modest offsetting, boards lightly soiled, corners and spine ends slightly bumped and rubbed, about very good. A satirical novel featuring interactions of famous men from across history and mythology.

New York: Harper, 1895. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover. Name on front endpaper. Pages very light brown. Corners bent. Spine browned. Edges of spine bumped. Illustrated. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

NY: Harper. VG book, no DJ. Bright, clean book. NEAR FINE INSIDE.. (1895). early edition. Hardcover. VG book, no DJ. Dusty top edge. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Red roofed house boat boarding passengers on front bottom. . Owner's sticker inside cover. .

New York [and] London: Harper & Brothers, 1903. Original pictorial cloth stamped in gold, black, red and green. Illustrated with 24 plates by Peter Newell. A nice early copy. Very good+.. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, pale green cloth boards fully decorated on front, gilt text on spine. Exterior shows edge and corner bumps/wear and rear board has a stain in the upper left corner. Spine is also sunned. The internal binding is good, no hinge issues at boards. Pages are toned due to age and there is some scattered foxing and spotting present. The front end page contains a 1903 gift inscription, no other handwriting found, no bookplates, no library markings. Page 52 as the upper outside corner torn out - this issue as well outside of the text area. All 23 illustrations have been verified as being present. The illustration at page 124 protrudes slightly from the exterior page edge which may be an indication that it was reattached at some point. First edition thus with a single date of 1895 appearing on the copyright page and no date listed on the title page.

Harper & Brothers Publishers. Used - Good. Good condition. (fiction, satire, dead, hell) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897. Hardcover. 12mo; Fair+; Hardcover; Spine, green with gold print; Boards in green illustrated cloth with gold print, lightly cocked spine, light wear to spine caps and corners, small stain on front, small amount of mottled fading; Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, inscription in ink on front flyleaf, cracked front hinge with intermittent spine breaks, clean text; viii, 171 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w plates). 1366333. FP New Rockville Stock.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Good with no dust jacket. 1896. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint. Assorted historical personages [including Sherlock Holmes] in the after-life. Bleiler [1978 Checklist, page 14]. Reginald 00829. June 1896 gift inscription to the front free endpaper. Green pictorial cloth with gold gilt lettering, 171 pages plus 4 pages of ads, illustrated. Good to Very Good copy [spine cocked and lightly toned, top edge foxing/soiling, some foxing to the rear paste-down else the contents are tight and clean with the hinges not cracked]. .

NY: Harper & Bros. VG. 1899. Ghosts of famous literary characters including Sherlock Holmes, William Shakespeare, Dr. Samuel Johnson. Corners bumped. .