Title: The Diary of an Ennuyée

Author: Mrs. Anna Jameson

Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company / The Riverside Press, Cambridge

Publication Date: 1887 (From the last London Edition)

Format: Hardcover (Issued Without Dust Jacket)

Inner Cover Boards: Plain off-white paper endpapers with open vintage hinge splitting at the rear joint

Subject: Victorian Literature / Grand Tour Travelogue / Italian Art & Culture / Classic Fiction

ISBN: N/A (Pre-ISBN Era)

Weight: 12.5 oz

Up for sale is a copy of the classic 19th-century travel narrative and cultural study, the 1887 Houghton, Mifflin and Company printing of "The Diary of an Ennuyée" by Mrs. Anna Jameson. Combining the intimate format of a personal diary with insightful essays on art history, this work chronicles a young woman's journey through Paris, Switzerland, and Italy. Mrs. Jameson’s evocative prose captures the beauty of classic Italian architecture, Renaissance masterworks, and the melancholy underlying the Grand Tour experience. This vintage volume from The Riverside Press serves as an excellent reference for historians of Victorian literature, art critics, or collectors of late-19th-century fine editions.

The book features its original dark olive-brown cloth boards highlighted by elegant, minimal golden-gilt typography and detailing stamped down the length of the spine panel.

BOOK SPECIFICATIONS:

- Title: The Diary of an Ennuyée

- Author: Mrs. Jameson

- Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company

- Publication Date: 1887

- Format: Hardcover

- Inner Cover Boards: Plain off-white paper endpapers

- Subject: Victorian Literature / Grand Tour Travelogue / Italian Art & Culture

- ISBN: N/A (Pre-ISBN)

- Weight: 12.5 oz

CONDITION REPORT:

Please review the high-resolution listing photos carefully to evaluate the book's precise physical condition before purchasing:

- Casing / Hardcover Cloth: In used vintage condition. The original olive-brown cloth casing remains structurally rigid with firm panels. Shows standard age-appropriate handling, including uniform surface fading, light corner bumping, and minor shelf smudging. The golden spine typography remains clear, distinct, and completely legible.

- Binding: Fair condition. The internal rear hinge has split open down the endpaper joint, exposing the underlying paper core layer. The front internal hinge remains secure and unbroken. The primary text block binding is stable, keeping all 340+ internal pages firmly attached to the main casing framework.

- Interior Pages: The internal text sheets are complete and clean with standard off-white vintage toning due to age. The inner front and rear endpapers show a moderate, uniform scattering of natural antiquarian foxing spots. Free of modern highlighters, ink underscores, or severely torn pages. The front flyleaf page features a charming, authentic hand-written vintage personal gift inscription in black ink that reads: "Lida N. Welliver. Xmas / 94."

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