Man, the Masterpiece; or, Plain Truths Plainly Told About Boyhood, Youth, and Manhood by Kellogg, J. H - 1891

Pacific Press London c1891 (by research) Title page missing and author and publisher obtained by research on comparable volumes. Fair (half bound in brown leather with gilt titles on ridged spine, rubbed at top and base of spine, worn at outside board edges and corners bumped, marbled endpapers, apart from missing title page two of the colour plates appear to be missing, although plates are not bound within the book in numerical order - plate VI appears before plate V for example. Gilt edged pages, some thumbprints and brown marks in margins, and scribble on two central pages and small pencil annotaions in index) very substantial octavo 604pp. Contents page lists 25 plates, only 23 of these are present. Contents page also lists 5 other plates on the sexual organs which are not present. In this very substantial volume for young men, in the preface the author points out some of the evils which lie at the foundation of physical and moral degeneracy, aiming to inspire the boys and young men of the rising… Read More