THE MAGNIFICENT MR. BANGS / Galusha the Magnificient. 1st edition 1921.

THE MAGNIFICENT MR. BANGS (alternate title Galusha the Magnificient) by Joseph C. Lincoln.

First edition 1921. Very good condition. Red cloth boards with black titles. A little rubbing and bumping to edges & corners. Spine is faded with some wear to top and bottom edges. Minor marks and bubbling to cloth. Binding tight, no inscriptions. A little foxing (mainly to end papers). 407 pages plus adverts.

Galusha is a truly magnificent character, though nobody would be more astonished to hear it than himself. Meek, mild, scholastically intelligent, understated, brilliant in everything except money and practical matters, non confrontational except when it comes to those he loves - this is Galusha Bangs.

Martha Phipps provides a fabulous counterpoint. Outgoing, warm, friendly with everyone, practical, thoughtful, silently proud - she’s more than just a landlady in every way.

The author takes two amazing characters and drops them in a whimsical town filled with characters no less odd - and yet somehow still endearing. Galusha’s final conversation on the fence with “Cousin Gussie” is one of the most self-indulgent favorite things to read of all time.