The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow. A Book for an Idle Holiday by Jerome K. Jerome

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus. Good. 1893. Hardcover. Covers have wear to the top spine end, slight wear to the lower spine end and the outer corners. Page margins are lightly browned. Owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. .

Arrowsmith, 1947-01-01. 25th Impression. hardcover. Good/Good Jacket. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Field and Tuer, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 172 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth with decorations. Moderate cracking to hinges and gutters, with exposed netting, pages are loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to title page. Front free endpaper missing. Water stains to rear free endpaper and pastedown. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Staining to front board.

London: The Leadenhall Press, 1890. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 131st edition! Some toning and occasional marking, but in generally clean internal order. Binding opening. Fep clipped at top. Boards rather marked and dulled, moreso to spine. A characterful reading copy. 12mo. 172pp + publisher's list.

Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., 1895 210 numbered pp + 5; TPB. Pages: clean, ivory-tan, tight; first +- 10 pp chipped, a.e. well tanned, a few lt spatters. Cover: gray wraps, navy titles front/spine, period ad back; moderate edge/shelfwear, w/sm chips, stains, creases. Printed date on cover of February, 1895.

Mershon Hardback. Fair But Complete Condition. Small.

Field and Tuer No date . Hardback Browned, worn and stained covers. Owners name on front end paper. 172 pages and adverts. Wt 0.5 Kg Good

Simpkin, 1892. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. Rather marked and worn. Poor. The binding is sound.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1890. 12mo, pp. [pub. ad], [8], 209, [1]; early owner's name on prelims, spine ends frayed, slightly cocked, otherwise very good in original brown cloth with gilt-lettered upper cover and spine, design on upper cover stamped in blind. Contains chapters 'On Being Idle', 'On Being in Love', 'On Being Hard Up' to name a few. The author blatantly states in the preface, "This book wouldn't elevate a cow. I cannot conscientiously recommend it for any useful purposes whatever."

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1955. 1st Edition . Cloth Bound Boards. Good/Good. 1955 First edition, twenty-seventh impression. Size octavo, 173 pages. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition good, corners and edges rubbed, spine and parts of cover sunned, covers slightly bowed, off-setting and a few spots to end-papers, spoots to page edges and a few spots to margins, pages toned. Dust jacket condition good, corners folds and edges rubbed, spine ends a little chipped, spine sunned, a few marks to panels, price clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall First Edition, Twenty-Seventh Impression.