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1904 1st ed Mark Twain Adam's Diary Fall of Man Creation Illustrated Satire

"Wheresoever she was, there was Eden."
– Mark Twain, Diaries of Adam and Eve

Mark Twain's 'Diaries of Adam and Eve' are first-person memoirs that follow along from the beginning of creation, getting to know each other, and their final days on earth after 'the fall'.

'Adam's Diary', first published in 1904, was Twain's comedic and satirical take on the Book of Genesis. It was filled with illustrations by Strothmann; however, most of them were considered pornographic in nature when it was first published in the United States.

Item number: #6529
Price: $350
TWAIN, Mark
Extracts from Adam's Diary
London & New York: Harper & Bros., 1904. First edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [5], 89
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References: BAL 3480
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Language: English
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Binding: Cloth; tight and secure
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Size: ~8in X 5.5in (20cm x 13cm)
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1883 1st ed SLAVERY Kansas Missouri Border WAR Squatter Sovereign by Humphrey

'The Squatter Sovereign' is a 19th-century historical novel by Mary Humphrey. This work tells the story of the anti-slavery movements in Kansas in the mid-1850s, more commonly known as the Border War between Missouri and Kansas. Humphrey, curiously, seems to praise both free-states and pro-slavery activists throughout this book.
Item number: #10660
Price: $399
HUMPHREY, Mary
The squatter sovereign: or, Kansas in the '50's; a life picture of the early settlement of the debatable ground. A story, founded upon memorable and historical events ...
Chicago, Ill.: Coburn & Newman, 1883. First edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o 354p
o 16 engravings
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References: Wright 2865
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Language: English
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Binding: Cloth; tight and secure
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Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 12.5cm)
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1855 Voyages in Sicily & Malta Patrick Brydone Italy Geography Mt Etna BINDING

Patrick Brydone was an 18th-century Scottish voyager who is best remembered for his journey to Malta and Sicily. He published a book recounting his experiences through a series of letters. This work was notable for the exactness of his descriptions.
This mid-19th-century French edition was published in Tours in an exquisite, embossed gold binding with ornate colorful flower décor.
Item number: #11481
Price: $399
BRYDONE, Patrick
Voyage en Sicilie et à Malte
Tours: Mame et Cie, 1855.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[4], 236
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1 illustration and fronispiece
· Language: French
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
· Size: ~7.5in X 4.5in (19cm x 11cm)
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1848 Holy Lyfe of Saint Werburge Old English Poem Henry Bradshaw Chester England
Henry Bradshaw was a 15th-century English poet best known for his poem "The Holy Lyfe and History of Saynt Werburge". Bradshaw intended to cover the life of patron saint of his hometown of Chester, England. Saint Werbrugh was a princess who was known for her convent reforms throughout England.
This 1848 edition of Bradshaw's 'Holy Lyfe' was edited by Edward Hawkins who published it as a 19th-century facsimile of the 1521 printing, complete with illustrations in the style of the original woodcuts.
Item number: #12091
Price: $399
BRADSHAW, Henry

The holy lyfe and history of Saynt Werburge, very frutefull for all Christen people to rede.
London : Printed for the Chetham Society, 1848.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[4], xxii, [6], 213, [31]
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
· Size: ~9in X 7in (23cm x 18cm)
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1866 1ed Women of the Civil War Americana Gettysburg Military Robert E Lee Moore

Frank Moore was a notable American Civil War historian known for his portrayals of Civil War life and culture. One of his most important works was 'Women of the War'. While this work focuses primarily on the biographical accounts of individual women, Moore also describes the hardships and sacrifices made by American women during the war and provides an interesting account of how these women influenced Gettysburg. Moore covers the lives of the following women, most of whom are wives of Civil War officers:
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P.B. Hurd
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Mary Lee
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Mrs. John Harris
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Charlotte McKay
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Burger Stearns
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Harriet W.F. Hawley
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And more

According to Nevins,
"idealistic biographies of then-famous women."

Item number: #13126
Price: $399
MOORE, Frank
Women of the war: their heroism and self-sacrifice, illustrated with steel engravings
Hartford [Connecticut]: S.S. Scranton, 1866. First edition.… Read More

1904 1st ed Mark Twain Adam's Diary Fall of Man Creation Illustrated Satire

"Wheresoever she was, there was Eden."
– Mark Twain, Diaries of Adam and Eve

Mark Twain's 'Diaries of Adam and Eve' are first-person memoirs that follow along from the beginning of creation, getting to know each other, and their final days on earth after 'the fall'.

'Adam's Diary', first published in 1904, was Twain's comedic and satirical take on the Book of Genesis. It was filled with illustrations by Strothmann; however, most of them were considered pornographic in nature when it was first published in the United States.

Item number: #6529
Price: $350
TWAIN, Mark
Extracts from Adam's Diary
London & New York: Harper & Bros., 1904. First edition.

Details:

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [5], 89
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References: BAL 3480
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Language: English
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Binding: Cloth; tight and secure
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Size: ~8in X 5.5in (20cm x 13cm)
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1869 EXQUISITE Thomas Moore Irish Poem Ireland Lalla Rookh Melodies Fine Binding

"And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers
Is always the first to be touched by the thorns."
– Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore was an Irish poet often referred to as Anacreon Moore after the famous Greek lyric poet, for his songs and hymns. This 'Poetical Works of Thomas Moore'
includes Odes, Epigrams, juvenile poems, American poems, Satirical poems, National Airs, Sacred songs, legendary ballads, unpublished songs, fables, rhymes on the road, as well as Moore's most famous poems including 'Lalla Rookh', and 'Irish Melodies.'
This 1869 edition includes 9 illustrations!
Item number: #10698
Price: $399
MOORE, Thomas
The poetical works of Thomas Moore: complete in one volume
New York: Appleton, 1869.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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747
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9 illustrations
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Language: English
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~9.5 in X 6.25 in (23.5 cm x 15.5 cm)
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1855 Voyages in Sicily & Malta Patrick Brydone Italy Geography Mt Etna BINDING

Patrick Brydone was an 18th-century Scottish voyager who is best remembered for his journey to Malta and Sicily. He published a book recounting his experiences through a series of letters. This work was notable for the exactness of his descriptions.
This mid-19th-century French edition was published in Tours in an exquisite, embossed gold binding with ornate colorful flower décor.
Item number: #11481
Price: $399
BRYDONE, Patrick
Voyage en Sicilie et à Malte
Tours: Mame et Cie, 1855.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o
[4], 236
o
1 illustration and fronispiece
· Language: French
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
· Size: ~7.5in X 4.5in (19cm x 11cm)
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1907 1st ed Dream of Fair Women Harrison Fisher Girl Illustrated Color Poetry

Harrison Fisher, the "Historian of American Beauty," was an American illustrator whose works regularly appeared on the cover of 'Cosmopolitan' Magazine in the early 1900s.
"At the top of the heap stands Harrison Fisher, creator of the Fisher Girl and most popular of all Americans who ply brush and pencil for reproduction. By reason of his industry and because of the uniform soundness of his drawings and color sense, he is the acknowledged master of the pretty girl picture"(Cosmopolitan).
This first edition of the book 'A Dream of Fair Women' is filled with romantic full-color illustrations of the "Fisher Girl" type. The illustrations are inspired from the text of famous poems decorated in Art Nouveau style by E. Stetson Crawford. A fine piece!
Item number: #13376
Price: $399
FISHER, Harrison
A dream of fair women,
Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill [©1907] First Edition.

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1898 Springfield Rifle Manual .45cal Trapdoor US ARMY Revolvers GUNS Span-Am War
The Springfield Rifle was a prolific American firearm throughout the second half of the 19th-century. The United States Army published a recurring user manual that made care for these weapons much more manageable. This 1898 edition of the 'Management of the Springfield Rifle' was published during the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American War and offers excellent descriptions of the 1898 trapdoor carbine, colt single action revolvers.
Item number: #18043
Price: $399
United States Army
Description and rules for the management of the Springfield rifle, carbine, and army revolvers : Calibre .45
Washington : G.P.O., 1898. 1st edition

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o 69, [1]
o 3 folding plates
o Heavily illustrated throughout
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Language: English
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Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Size: ~9in X 5.75in (22.5cm x 15cm)
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