#215 • Irene E. Jerome: In a Fair Country (1890) & One Year's Sketch-Book (1889)

Part of November 2026 Fantastic Finds Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

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Category: Books, Comics, Magazines & Ephemera

Two Victorian illustrated gift books by Irene E. Jerome retain decorated cloth hardcovers with elaborate gilt lettering. The 1890 first edition of In a Fair Country pairs Jerome's nature illustrations with Thomas Wentworth Higginson's essays from Out-Door Papers. A water-lily design ornaments the textured olive cover, while its pictorial title leaf opens onto a rural landscape of trees, split-rail fencing, and distant hills. The 1889 edition of One Year's Sketch-Book, illustrated and arranged by Jerome, brings together nature sketches, poetry, and songs. Its decorated opening leaf places a bird on a flowering branch beside verse, connecting the words and illustration within a single composition. The title page credits engraving and printing under the direction of George T. Andrew. Both books bear the Lee and Shepard imprint, with Charles T. Dillingham listed in New York. Each measures approximately 13" x 9.5", and both show separation of the text block from the binding.