The Pursuit of the House-Boat: Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, Under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq.

Overview:

  • Title: The Pursuit of the House-Boat: Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, Under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq.
  • Author: John Kendrick Bangs
  • Year: 1897
  • Publisher: Harper & Brothers
  • Price: $1.25
  • Pages: viii+204+[24]
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Pursuit of the House-Boat
  • Notes: 1st ed.
    • "Two printings of this ed. are known to exist. In one printing, both New York and London appear in the imprint. In the other printing, only New York appears." --OCLC 225196
    • {{LCCN|06006121}} (New York), links e-copy at HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL)
    • {{OCLC|225196}} (New York and London)
    • Publ date and price from advertisement by the publisher N-Y Tribune 1897-05-26 p3 "Harper & Brothers Publish To-Day" (five listed); "16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25"
    HDL (catalog record, one more) provides full view of four copies; the third, from U California, shows:
    • -- original cover
    • -- Title page: New York, 1897
    • -- Copyright page: lists Harper books by Bangs (1st eds. 1893 to 1897 per Wikipedia); (c) 1897 by the publisher
    • -- Illustrations, p.[vii]-viii, lists 24 (signed "Peter Newell·96" and "·97"; frontispiece plus 23 plates, b/w, not included in the pagination)
    • -- text spans p[1]-204
    • -- four back pages list numerous Harper books
    The first-listed HDL copy, also from U California, lacks the original cover and the back pages; otherwise the four HDL copies appear to be identical.