A House-boat on the Styx: Being Some Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades de John Kendrick Bangs - 2012-01-10

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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.

Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1896. Hardcover. Good. .

New York: Harper & Brothers,, 1896. Later printing. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers,, 1896. Later printing. Very Good. Bumped spine and corners, some fading to spine, contents clean and tight.

Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1896. Hardcover. Good. .

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.

Harper & Brothers, 1897. Hardcover. Good. . General shelf/age wear. Pages/boards clean.

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1896 Book. Good Only. Hardcover. Decorative binding has light edgewear; some of the illustrations are separated from the binding, but are present. "Being some account of the divers doings of the associated shades", illustrated with black-and-white drawings. Late 19th century novel..

New York: Harper & Bros., 1899. 1899, 171pp, illus., teg, slight shelfwear to cover, slight soiling to pg edges, slight browning to eps, contents clean.. Cloth. Good +/No Jacket.

New York: Harper & Bros, 1896. Early Printing. Hard Cover. Good (Ex-Library)/No Jacket. b/w Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In pictorial green cloth with gilt tilting, 8vo, 171pp. (ex war service library with bookplate and card pocket, shelfwear and rubbing to extremities, free front endpaper missing/inner hinge cracking, light staining to lower tip from previous damp, one illustration detached(laid-in).