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Publication: 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.

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  • Publication: 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.Publication Record # 279382
  • Author: John Kendrick Bangs
  • Date: 1897-05-26
  • Publisher: Harper & Brothers
  • Price:
    $1.25?$: US dollar
  • Pages: viii+204+[24]
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • 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.
  • External IDs:
    • Bleiler Supernatural: 90
    • LCCN: 06006121
    • OCLC/WorldCat: 225196
    • Reginald-1: 00834
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Secondary Verifications

Source Status Verifier Date
Bleiler Early Years N/A Rtrace 2019-01-24 19:39:07
Bleiler Supernatural Verified Rtrace 2019-01-24 19:39:07
Bleiler1 (Gernsback) N/A Rtrace 2019-01-24 19:39:07
Bleiler78 Verified Rtrace 2019-01-24 19:39:07
Clute/Grant Verified Rtrace 2019-01-24 19:39:07
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Locus1 N/A Rtrace 2019-01-24 19:39:07
Miller/Contento N/A Rtrace 2019-01-24 19:39:07
OCLC/Worldcat Verified Chris J 2015-11-25 18:30:02
Reginald1 Verified Chris J 2015-11-25 18:30:02
Reginald3 N/A Rtrace 2019-01-24 19:39:07
Tuck Verified Rtrace 2019-01-24 19:39:07
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