Item #008403 The Pursuit of the House-Boat being some further accounts of the divers doings of the associated shades under the leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. John Kendrick Bangs.
The Pursuit of the House-Boat being some further accounts of the divers doings of the associated shades under the leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq.
The Pursuit of the House-Boat being some further accounts of the divers doings of the associated shades under the leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq.

The Pursuit of the House-Boat being some further accounts of the divers doings of the associated shades under the leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. Illustrations by Peter Newell. A Very Good Hardcover.

Tan cloth covered boards, titles stamped in black and gilt. Four color pictorial front decoration. Bindings firm. Text clean; lightly toned. Light shelf handling. Spine darkened. some minor soil to front and rear boards. 12mo; 6.75 inches tall. vii, 204 + [4] pp. publisher's adverts. Illustrated with 24 black and white plates by Peter Newell. First Edition, First Printing.

Very Good / No Jacket. Item #008403

An important early American parody of Sherlock Holmes and the first printed in the USA. The author dedicated the book to A. Conan Doyle.

Ref: Bleiler, 39

Price: $45.00

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