John Kendrick Bangs / JACK AND THE CHECK BOOK Signed 1st Edition 1911

JACK AND THE CHECK BOOK. Inscribed first edition of this satirical short-story collection with a financial theme, including the eponymous Progressive-Era riff on the classic fairy tale, Jack and the Beanstalk. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1911. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in white, orange, and darker green.

Illustrated by Albert Levering in black and white. Inscribed by Bangs in ink on front fly leaf: To my friend / John Hawkesworth, / these tales of high finances / with the affectionate regards / of John Kendrick Bangs / May 29: 1911. A bit of soil to margins. Type Punch Matrix is a rare book firm founded by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy.

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