Three Men in a Boat

£500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Three Men in a Boat is considered an important work of the Victorian comic texts, affording the reader a genuine insight into the morals and social mores of the period. It shares this status with George Grossmith's The Diary of a Nobody, though Three Men in a Boat is less targeted in its satire of class differences and social pretensions. First edition, second printing with the number '11' present in the publisher's address; 8vo (18.5 x 13 cm); illustrations by A. Frederics, 'Books for Children' advertisement to rear, a few random spots or smudges, otherwise very good; modern full green morocco by Bayntun Riviere, one-line gilt-panelled back, spine in 6 compartments lettered in gilt, gilt dentelles, cockerel endpapers, all edges gilt, light signs of wear, mainly to extremities, spine slightly faded, otherwise a handsome, finely bound first edition; 318pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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