{"product_id":"three-men-in-a-boat-jerome-k-jerome-used-good-coll","title":"THREE MEN IN A BOAT - JEROME K. JEROME - USED, GOOD, COLL","description":"\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"7\"\u003eThree Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jerome K. Jerome (Jerome Klapka Jerome)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Donohue \u0026amp; Henneberry (Chicago)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e Circa 1890–1895 (Undated, as was common for this publisher's popular reprint series)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,4,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Small cloth hardcover featuring a beautiful, stamped Victorian Art Nouveau\/Aesthetic style silver-and-white cover design on a dark navy\/black cloth background.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003eHistorical \u0026amp; Content Background\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eWhen \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"5\"\u003eJerome K. Jerome\u003c\/b\u003e published \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"32\"\u003eThree Men in a Boat\u003c\/i\u003e in England in \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"66\"\u003e1889\u003c\/b\u003e, he originally intended it to be a serious, respectable travel guide documenting a boating holiday along the River Thames from Kingston to Oxford. He planned to sprinkle in local history, topography, and descriptions of scenic spots along the route.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eHowever, Jerome’s natural comedic wit completely took over the manuscript. The book transformed into a hilarious, timeless satire of Victorian middle-class life, male hypochondria, and the chaotic realities of camping and boating. The characters are based on Jerome himself and his real-life friends, accompanied by a entirely fictional, aggressively combative Fox Terrier named \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"379\"\u003eMontmorency\u003c\/b\u003e. The book was an absolute publishing phenomenon, selling so many copies worldwide that it single-handedly caused a massive boom in the Thames boating industry that lasted for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eThis copy was produced by \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"26\"\u003eDonohue \u0026amp; Henneberry\u003c\/b\u003e, a massive Chicago printing and binding firm founded by bookbinders Michael Donohue and William Henneberry. In \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"158\"\u003e1890\u003c\/b\u003e, to capitalize on the massive American craze for popular European literature, the firm began actively printing inexpensive, uncopyrighted \"library\" editions of famous works. Because the partnership was legally dissolved amid an un-amicable feud in early 1900, we know with absolute certainty that this book was printed \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"482\"\u003ebetween 1890 and 1899\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kicks Mix Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47696334487715,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/6831\/6835\/files\/20260520_164159.jpg?v=1779575894","url":"https:\/\/kicksmixbooks.store\/products\/three-men-in-a-boat-jerome-k-jerome-used-good-coll","provider":"Kicks Mix Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}