PAUL KELVER: A NOVEL. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1902. Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii [1] 2-398 [399-400: publisher ads] + 8-page publisher's catalogue dated "September 1902" inserted at rear, title page printed in red and black, original dark blue cloth, front panel stamped in gold and white, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Autobiographical novel about coming of age in London, with ironic chapter titles written in the style of Bunyan's PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. The book went into several printings and had editions in America and on the Continent; the English first printing is uncommon. "Jerome's most ambitious effort in fiction ..." - Sutherland, Victorian Fiction, p. 332. NCBEL III 1062. Several light stains to cloth along outer joints, endpapers foxed, a very good copy. (#112663).
Price: $100.00
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