JEROME Three Men In A Boat ~i~ Bristol, J.W Arrowsmith, 1889 ~/i~
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 dentels gilt, marbled end papers, all edges gilt, the original illustrated cloth covers and spien bound in at the end; fine copy.
This First Edition of Three Men In A Boat is in a splendid 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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