Bicyclers and Three Other Farces.
BANGS, John Kendrick. The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces. 12mo. Original cloth. N.Y.: Harper, 1896. First edition. BAL 728. Fine.
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Booming of Acre Hill, and Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburba
BANGS, John Kendrick. The Booming of Acre Hill, and Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life. Original blue decorated cloth. Illustrated. N.Y. & London: Harper & Brothers, 1900. First edition, first state. BAL 749. A very good copy.
Cobwebs from a Library Corner.
BANGS, John Kendrick. Cobwebs from a Library Corner. Original cloth. Frontis. N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, 1899. First edition. BAL 743. Fine.
Coffee and Repartee.
BANGS, John Kendrick. Coffee and Repartee. 12mo. Original cloth. New York: Harper, 1893. First edition, second state. BAL 712. A very good copy.
Idiot at Home.
BANGS, John Kendrick. The Idiot at Home. Original cloth. Illustrated. N.Y.: Harpers, 1900. First edition, second state. BAL 750. A fine copy.
Idiot.
BANGS, John Kendrick. The Idiot. 12mo. Original cloth. N.Y.: Harper, 1895. First edition. BAL 721. A very good copy.
Inventions of the Idiot.
BANGS, John Kendrick. The Inventions of the Idiot. 12mo. Original cloth. New York: Harper, 1904. First edition. BAL 763. A fine copy.
Paste Jewels. Being Seven Tales of Domestic Woe.
BANGS, John Kendrick. Paste Jewels. Being Seven Tales of Domestic Woe. Original cloth. Illustrated. N.Y.: Harpers, 1897. First edition. BAL 735. A very good copy.
Pursuit of the House-Boat.
BANGS, John Kendrick. The Pursuit of the House-Boat. 12mo. Original cloth. N.Y.: Harper, 1897. First edition, first state. BAL 731. Former owner's signature on front endpaper. A very good copy.
Rebellious Heroine
Smedley, W.T. BANGS, John Kendrick. A Rebellious Heroine. A Story. Illustrated by W.T. Smedley. Original pictorial cloth. N.Y.: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1896. First edition. BAL 729. With an a.l.s. by Bangs in an envelope taped to the front free endpaper. Bookplate, spine darkened, else a very good copy...
Santa Claus and Little Billee.
BANGS, John Kendrick. Santa Claus and Little Billee. 12mo. Original flexible ooze leather. Chicago: Browne & Howell Co., 1914. First separate edition, reprinted from "A Little Book of Christmas." BAL 804. Not in Johnson. A very good copy. Scarce.
Songs of Cheer.
BANGS, John Kendrick. Songs of Cheer. Original cloth-backed boards. Boston: Sherman French & Co., 1910. First edition. BAL 783. Presentation copy from the author with the bookplate of the recipient. A very good copy.
Three Weeks in Politics.
BANGS, John Kendrick. Three Weeks in Politics. 12mo. Original cloth. N.Y.: Harper, 1894. First edition. BAL 719. A very good copy.
House-Boat on the Styx.
BANGS, John Kendrick. A House-Boat on the Styx. Original cloth, untrimmed, t.e.g. New York & London: Harper & Brothers Publishing, 1899. BAL 747. Biographical edition. Boards slightly rubbed, else very good.
Olympian Nights.
BANGS, John Kendrick. Olympian Nights. Orig. cloth, illus. N.Y.: Harpers, 1902. First edition. BAL 756. Very good.
Quest for Song.
BANGS, John Kendrick. A Quest for Song. Orig. cloth-backed boards. Boston: Little Brown, 1915. First edition. BAL 805. One of 500 copies signed by the author. Fine.
Songs of Cheer.
BANGS, John Kendrick. Songs of Cheer. Original gilt-decorated 3/4-cloth and boards, T.e.g. Boston: Sherman French & Company, 1910. BAL 783. First edition. Fine.
Songs of Cheer.
BANGS, John Kendrick. Songs of Cheer. Original gilt-decorated 3/4-cloth and boards, T.e.g., non-priceclipped dust jacket. Boston: Sherman French & Company, 1910. BAL 783. First edition. Presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper, "To them Uphams from us Bangses, with affectionate regards--John Kendrick Bangs, Cheerville-on-the-Rocks, Sept:5:1910." Spine ends lightly.....
New Waggings of Old Tales By Two Wags.
[BANGS, John Kendrick]. New Waggings of Old Tales By Two Wags. Illustrated by Oliver Herford, roginal dcorated cloth. Boston: Ticknor & Company, 1888. First edition. BAL 697. Written in collaboration with Frank Dempster Sherman and reciprocally dedicated to one another. Head of spine chipped, else a very good copy...
Story of Little Black Sambo. With Introduction by L. Frank Baum.
[BANNERMAN, Helen]. The Story of Little Black Sambo. With Introduction by L. Frank Baum. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co. 1905. 4" x 3". Original illustrated and decorated cloth, title stamped in gilt on cover and spine. Frontis color illustration, [10] 56, [3], [1 blank] pp, color illustrations. Inner hinges.....
Four Afoot: Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Highway.
BARBOUR, Ralph Henry. Four Afoot: Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Highway. Original pictorial cloth. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1906. First edition. Near fine.
Idyll: My Personal Reminiscences of Lafcadio Hearn.
(HEARN, LAFCADIO). BAREL, Leona Queyrouze. The Idyll: My Personal Reminiscences of Lafcadio Hearn. Original cloth, printed paper label on front, T.e.g., housed in custom brown morocco-backed slipcase with outer case and cloth dustjacket. Kanda, Tokyo, Japan: The Hokuseido Press, 1933. First edition. BAL Vol.4, p.105. One of 250 numbered copies.....
Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby, Esquir
[BARHAM, R.H.]. The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby, Esquire. Original cloth. London: Richard Bentley, 1840. First edition. Sadleir 156. Sadleir's earliest issue and binding.
Book of Brittany. With Sixty-Nine Illustrations.
BARING-GOULD, Sabine. A Book of Brittany. With Sixty-Nine Illustrations. Original cloth. London: Methuen and Co., 1901. First edition. NCBEL III, 1036. A fine copy.
Gaverocks. A Tale of the Cornish Coast
[BARING-GOULD, Sabine]. The Gaverocks. A Tale of the Cornish Coast by the Author of 'John Herring', 'Mehalah' etc. 3 vols. Orignal decorated cloth. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1887. First edition. Wolff 262. Not in Sadleir. A very good set. A story of wife murder among the peasant classes in.....