Jerome K Jerome - My First Book, Collection of Experiences, Chatto & Windus, 1897

Jerome K Jerome and others - My First Book, The Experiences of, Chatto & Windus, 1897

Originally published as a series of articles in The Idler magazine, the essays in My First Book offer fascinating and often humorous insights into the literary world of the late 19th century. The contributing authors recount their struggles with agents, publishers, and the public, covering topics from initial inspiration to the challenges of the business side of writing.  Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M. E. Braddon, F. W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard etc.

Hardcover in fair condition.  Faded cloth and spine.  Bumped spine ends.  Corners bumped.  Tanning to leaves.  Newspaper clipping on endpaper.  Previous owners name to endpaper.  Foxing to page edges.  Uncut fore and tail page edges.  With 185 Illustrations.

Weight    950g.    Weight   309.