George & Weedon Grossmith

The Diary of a Nobody

Bristol & London: J. W. Arrowsmith; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. Limited, [1892]

First edition in book form, first impression. Very rare.

Upon publication, The Diary of a Nobody was "at once recognized as one of the most amusing novels in the English language" (ODNB).

A very rare, first edition, first impression of The Diary of a Nobody, published by J. W. Arrowsmith in 1892.

Octavo. Original brown cloth-covered binding. Spine lettered in gilt. Front cover lettered and decorated in black and blue. Decoration extending onto spine. Publisher's advertisements to rear endpapers.

Double portrait frontispiece of the authors from photographs. Numerous in-text illustrations from line drawings by Weedon Grossmith.

Condition Report

Binding on boards and spine a bit rubbed and discoloured. Gilt lettering on spine and letters on front board faded in places. Extremities slightly bumped and rubbed. Book spine slightly cocked.

Minor foxing to outer pages and minimal marks throughout. Two inscriptions at the very front, one dating from 1892. Pages tanned, but not foxed, and still bound together with none coming loose. The binding is, however, fragile and partially broken in two places. No marginalia or previous owner's annotations.

Content throughout is clean, legible, and the book is 100% complete with no loss.

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