Author: Jerome K. Jerome [ed.]; Robert Barr [ed.]
Title: The Idler Magazine, an Illustrated Monthly
Description: London, Chatto & Windus, 1892-1893 . First edition. Leather. The first editions of the first two volumes of the late nineteenth century literary magazine 'The Idler', illustrated throughout. The first edition of these two volumes, uniformly bound in half calf.Present here are:Volume I: February to July 1892, including the first part of the first UK publication of 'The American Claimant' by Mark Twain and 'Enchanted Cigarettes' by Andrew Lang. This volume includes the first publication of a Sherlock Holmes Parody, Robert Barr's 'Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs&apos. Volume II: August 1892 to January 1893, including such tales as 'One Horse Yarn' by Eden Phillpotts and 'Primum Tempus' by Rudyard Kipling.Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous vignettes to each volumes.This illustrated monthly magazine was published from 1892 to 1911, printing short stories, serialised novels, humour, poetry, and travel writing.With a contemporary owner's inscription to a front blank of each volume. In half calf bindings, with cloth covered boards. Gilt detailing to back strips. Instances of light rubbing to back strips and centres of boards. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Former owner's inscriptions to a front blank of each volume. Internally, firmly bound. Foxing to first and last few leaves of each volume - most concentrated to volume II - with pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: The Idler Jerome K. Jerome Robert Barr magazine Jerome K. Jerome Not Stated


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