The Pursuit of the House-Boat

First published as a serial in 12 parts (one chapter per issue; including the Peter Newell illustrations, credited). Harper's Weekly vol. 41, #2294–2105; February 6 to April 24, 1897; page-span p136 (e-copy at HathiTrust) to p414.   The first instalment and most others appear under complex headings that begin with the main title and the entire long subtitle:

The Pursuit of the House-Boat. Being ... Sherlock Holmes, Esq.

Bangs was humor editor of multiple Harper magazines from 1889 to 1900 and "from 1899 to 1901 served as active editor of Harper's Weekly" -- Wikipedia

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.

Year	Reviewer	Publication
1983	Everett F. Bleiler	The Guide to Supernatural Fiction