NY: Dodd, Mead & Co. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1898. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering, borders, and white tooling on cover. Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859-1927) was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue "Three Men in a Boat" (1889). Other works include the essay collections "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow" (1886) and "Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow;" "Three Men on the Bummel," a sequel to Three Men in a Boat, and several other novels. His humor—warm, unsatirical, and unintellectual—won him wide following. . Spine sunned to brown, gift inscription dated 1898 on ffep, otherwise unmarked, tight, square and clean. VERY GOOD+. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. vi, 333 pp .

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Bookseller: Round Table Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 24113
Title: Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
Author: Jerome, Jerome K
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition: First American Edition. First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1898
Keywords: Literature;, Memoirs;, Humor, Humor;, Literature;, First Edition;, Collectible Books;, English Literature;, Jerome K. Jerome;

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