Author: JEROME, Jerome K,
Title: Three Men on Wheels.
Description: NY, Dodd Mead 1900. Octavo publisher's illustrated green cloth blocked in black and ochre; plates and illustrations through the text by Harrison Fisher. A nice copy. ¶ First American edition of 'Three Men on the Bummel' and published the same year. Despite the American habit of dumbing down anything that might possibly be misconstrued or considered too mysterious to investigate further, this edition is a prettier book than the English. And bummel is still explained at the end.
Keywords: literature fiction humour bicycles c19th c20th England
Title: Three Men on Wheels.
Description: NY, Dodd Mead 1900. Octavo publisher's illustrated green cloth blocked in black and ochre; plates and illustrations through the text by Harrison Fisher. A nice copy. ¶ First American edition of 'Three Men on the Bummel' and published the same year. Despite the American habit of dumbing down anything that might possibly be misconstrued or considered too mysterious to investigate further, this edition is a prettier book than the English. And bummel is still explained at the end.
Keywords: literature fiction humour bicycles c19th c20th England
Price: AUD 50.00 = appr. US$ 34.59 Seller: Richard Neylon, Bookseller
- Book number: 8779
- Book number: 8779