Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, published in 1886, is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome. It was the author’s second published book and it helped establish him as a leading English humorist. It is widely considered one of Jerome’s better works.


" Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow "

By Jerome K. Jerome      

Publishers: A. L. Burt Company            ( Cornell Series )
Copyright:  ~1902

( There is no copyright or publishing date printed in this book, but " The Online Books Page " thinks this A. L. Burt version came out about 1902 )

Hardcover. Black Cloth. The Book is in good shape. The Bindings are tight with No Rips or Tears. The Front & Back covers of the book are in good shape, but there is some ink wear in spots on the front cover. Three of the corners of the book are good with no cloth wear, but the front top one is a little soft. The Top tint was gold and is in good condition ( if somewhat lighter than it was when new ). There is little cloth shelf wear, but some ink wear. All the endpapers, pages and page edges are clean with no browning. There are no page stains, but there are some brown marks near the top corner of pages 107-112. The bookplate of an owner is on the front endpaper.