JEROME, Jerome K. Three Men in a Boat. Bristol: J.W Arrowsmith. 1889.
8vo. Original publisher's green cloth boards; pp. [iv], 315, [+3 publishers ads]; contemporary ownership signature to ffep; rubbing to top and bottom of spine and to extremities, soiling to ffep, creasing to front board and light discolouration of page edges, otherwise internally clean.
First edition of Three Men in a Boat.
'Jerome's reputation as a humorist was firmly established with the publication of the classic Three Men in a Boat (1889), subtitled (to say nothing of the dog), which depicts a series of comic episodes on a riverboat trip up the Thames. It has been translated into many languages and filmed three times, with a television production in 1979. Its combination of light-hearted satire, sharp dialogue, and slapstick has made it perennially popular, and it is the book for which Jerome is remembered' (ODNB).
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