A comic classic in a beautiful binding
JEROME, Jerome K. Three Men in a Boat. Bristol: J.W Arrowsmith. 1889.
8vo. Mid twentieth-century full blue crushed morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, spine with raised bands decorated and lettered in gilt, covers ruled in gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled end papers, all edges gilt; the original illustrated cloth covers and spine bound in at the end; pp. [6], 315, [3 (ads)]; fine rebound copy.
First edition of Three Men in a Boat in a handsome binding.
'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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