London: Trubner & Co., 1881. Firth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo; viii, 544 pages, polished cherry red calf, marbled boards, extremities worn, covers re-hinged, ex libris of Allen A. Brown [designed by F. T. M. (?) ]; laid and tipped-in are numerous related newspaper clippings. The Conway booklet is even scarcer: WorldCat cites only 3 copies (all in the UK)

"Let me recommend this book -one of the most remarkable ever penned. It is Winwood Reade's THE MARTYRDOM OF MAN -Sherlock Holmes in SIGN." "An elaborate and learned impeachment of Christianity from a historical and ethnological point of view -ENCYCLOPEDIA SHERLOCKIANA. This work was savagely attacked upon publication in 1872. Laid in is a booklet by Moncure D. Conway, THE MARTYRDOM OF MAN delivered before the South Place Religious Society, South Place, Finsbury. E. W. Allen: London. Issued in the series Lessons for the day, vol. 2; no. 27; April 5, 1883. ( 12 pages, wrappers repaired). Conway was an American abolitionist and Freethinker minister who became the leader at London's South Place Ethical Society - in his free time he acted as the literary agent in Britain for Whitman, Louisa May Alcott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Mark Twain.

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Bookseller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0011031
Title: THE MARTYRDOM OF MAN
Author: READE, Winwood
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Firth Edition
Publisher: Trubner & Co.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1881
Keywords: christianity, agnosicism, atheism, bookplate, reade, winwood reade, sherlockiana,

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Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.

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Worldcat: Worldcat is a collaborative effort produced by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) and supported and used by 72,000 libraries...
Wrappers: The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
Calf: Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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