Jerome, Jerome K.

8vo (185 x 119mm.), FIRST EDITION, half-title, illustrations in the text by A. Frederics, 3pp. of advertisements at the end (part of the final gathering), advertisements also on upper and lower paste-downs, original dark green cloth, lettered in black on upper cover with small pictorial illustration, spine lettered in gilt, slight wear to covers, minor offsetting, final gatherings slightly loose

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First edition of the author's perennially popular tale of a riverboat trip up the Thames, narrated in a series of comic episodes deftly combining light-hearted satire, sharp dialogue and slapstick. The book has been translated into many languages and filmed at least three times.

This appears to be the third state of the first edition, with the heading on the upper paste-down reading "II QUAY STREET, BRISTOL", a moon appearing in the illustration on p.20, and the word "stream" present at the end of p.271. There seem to have been four states of the first impression: see the detailed bibliography on the Jerome K. Jerome Society website www.jeromekjerome.com/bibliography.