EXTRACTS FROM ADAM'S DIARY-Translated from the Original Ms.
by TWAIN, MARK
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No d/w
- Seller
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Skreen, Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. Book. Illus. by STROTHMANN, F.. Very Good. Illustrated Boards. First Edition.. 89pp; Published in April 1904; Tissue-guarded frontispiece and profusely illustrated throughout; Spine and edges sunned and light stain to bottom of prelims not affecting text else internally bright; In original red cloth with white lettering; Photos available on request; Size: 8vo.
Synopsis
A prime example of the wit of Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)...his satire of the book of Genesis, written in the format of Adam's journal. " MONDAY -- This new creature with the long hair is a good deal in the way. It is always hanging around and following me about. I don't like this; I am not used to company. I wish it would stay with the other animals. . . . Cloudy today, wind in the east; think we shall have rain. . . . WE? Where did I get that word-the new creature uses it."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Weathered Stone Books (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004503
- Title
- EXTRACTS FROM ADAM'S DIARY-Translated from the Original Ms.
- Author
- TWAIN, MARK
- Illustrator
- STROTHMANN, F.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No d/w
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1904
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Weathered Stone Books
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Skreen, Sligo
About Weathered Stone Books
In operation since 1982 as The Winding Stair Bookshop, Dublin until 2005. Then in USA as Wandering Star Books an online bookseller also conducting appraisals for private collectors and institutions. Now back in Ireland and living in beautiful Sligo with views of the Atlantic and selling online.
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