In the Vine Country. Illustrations by F.H. Townsend from Sketches by E. Somerville. London: W.H. Allen, 1893. First Edition. Pp, 237. Original green cloth., first state binding with gold lettering, pictorial design in black on spine and front.. A very good copy.

An entertaining and humorous account of the authors’ experiences traveling to the south of France for the grape harvest.

Illustrated by Frederick Henry Townsend, a British illustrator, cartoonist and art editor of Punch.