41. Anthony John, a Biography

A4 B-I8 J8 K-Q8. Pp. [4] 1-260.
Contents: [1] half-title: ANTHONY JOHN / A Biography; [2] blank; [3] title-page; [4] First published 1923 / Copyright 1922 by Jerome K. Jerome in the U.S.A. / Printed in Great Britain; 1-260 text; on 260: [rule] / PRINTED BY CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED, LA BELLE SAUVAGE, LONDON, E.C.4 / F.60.123
Printed on wove paper, size 185 x 121mm.
*Brown cloth, lettered in black on front and spine; spine: ANTHONY JOHN / JEROME K. JEROME / CASSELL
Listed in English Catalogue, March 1923, 7/6; reviewed in Times Literary Supplement, 5 April 1923, 239.
Copies seen: FR; APR (4).

Unsigned, 1-188. Pp. [8] 1-276 [4].
Contents: [1-2] blank; [3] half-title: ANTHONY JOHN; [4] blank; [5] title-page; [6] COPYRIGHT, 1923 / BY DODD, MEAD & COMPANY, INC. / PRINTED IN U. S. A. / VAIL-BALLOU COMPANY / BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK; [7] half-title: ANTHONY JOHN; [8] blank; 1-276 text; [1-4] blank.
Printed on wove paper, size 187 x 127mm. Fore-edge uncut, top edge orange-red.
*Black cloth, lettered in orange-red on front and spine; spine: ANTHONY / JOHN / ? / JEROME / DODD MEAD / & COMPANY
Listed in Publisher’s Weekly 103 no. 17, 28 April 1923; United States Catalog 1921-24, $2.00; reviewed in New York Times Book Review, 22 April 1923, 11, 14.
Copies seen: FR; APR (2); Bodleian Library – Arch. H e.151, Jerome’s copy, with fly-leaf dedication: ‘To my Dear Wife / On our Wedding Day / With the Love of Many Years / Jerome K. Jerome / June 21/23’.