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.
LITERATURE
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.
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.....
Silver Store. Collected from Mediaeval Christian and Jewish Mines.
BARING-GOULD, S[abine]. The Silver Store. Collected from Mediaeval Christian and Jewish Mines. Original cloth. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1868. First edition. A fine copy.
Early Reminiscence
BARING-GOULD, S[abine]. Early Reminiscence: 1834-1864. Original cloth. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, [1923]. [with] Further Reminiscences: 1864-1894. Original cloth. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, [1925]. 2 Vols. First editions. Fine.
Anatol: A Sequence of Dialogues...Paraphrased from the English Stage
BARKER, Granville [transl.]. SCHNITZLER, Arthur. Anatol: A Sequence of Dialogues...Paraphrased from the English Stage by Granville Barker. Original cloth, dust jacket (defective). N.Y.: Mitchell Kennerley, 1911. First American edition. A very fine copy.
Columbiad: A Poem.
BARLOW, Joel. The Columbiad: A Poem. Original binding by Robert De Silver in two shades of brown calf tooled in gilt and blind, all edges speckled, rebacked in period-style calf, raised spine bands. Phila.: Printed by Fry and Kammerer for C. and A. Conrad and Co., 1807. 4to. BAL 906.....
One Generation Away.
(GALSWORTHY, JOHN). BARNARD, Leslie Gordon. One Generation Away. Orig. cloth-backed boards. Frontis. Montreal: Dodd-Simpson Press, 1931. First edition. One of 550 copies. A presentation copy from the author to John Galsworthy inscribed, "To John Galsworthy..., Sincerely, Leslie Gordon Barnard, Montreal, Canada, July 1931." A very good copy...