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BANGS, John Kendrick. [Works]. New York and Boston, mostly Harper and Bros., 1888-1914. 31 volumes, 8° et infra (201 x 135mm. to 128 x 91mm). Mostly with plates. Uniformly bound in early 20th-century brown half morocco, gilt spines, top edges gilt. All but 7 INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR WITH A WITTY COMMENT ABOUT THE CONTENT OF EACH WORK, dated October 1918. FIRST EDITIONS.
Including: The Pursuit of the House-Boat ... under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, 1897, inscribed 'I used Sherlock Holmes in this book with the permission of Conan Doyle. We both thought he was dead - but he still lives'. The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces, 1896, 'Shakespeare was clever but he never wrote plays like these'. The Enchanted Type-Writer, 1896, 'A perfect specimen of machine-made humor!'. Peeps at People, 1899, 'I have been told that Digs at Dignitaries would have been a better title for this book'. R. Holmes & Co. Being the Remarkable Adventures of Raffle Holmes ... Detective, 1906, 'With proper apologies to Doyle and Hornung'. (31)
Including: The Pursuit of the House-Boat ... under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, 1897, inscribed 'I used Sherlock Holmes in this book with the permission of Conan Doyle. We both thought he was dead - but he still lives'. The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces, 1896, 'Shakespeare was clever but he never wrote plays like these'. The Enchanted Type-Writer, 1896, 'A perfect specimen of machine-made humor!'. Peeps at People, 1899, 'I have been told that Digs at Dignitaries would have been a better title for this book'. R. Holmes & Co. Being the Remarkable Adventures of Raffle Holmes ... Detective, 1906, 'With proper apologies to Doyle and Hornung'. (31)
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