Twain, Mark. The Private Life of Adam and Eve. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1906.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: NY, Harper & Brothers; copyright 1906, but first printed in 1931. 1st edition stated, date not indicated aside from E-F date code - May 1931. Original blue cloth spine and pictorial decorated blue paper boards. Gold paper title label at spined vertically cracked, rubbed and only partially legible. Binding sound, but soewhat loose. Corners of boards bruised, more so at upper corners. Boards showing through rub at tips. Cloth thin and weak at spine ends. Prior owner's attractive bookplate inside front cover. Cloth worn and thinning along rear spine edge. A worn example of this uncommon Twain title, scarcer still in the first book printing. Good only; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 197 pages; NY, Harper & Brothers; copyright 1906, but first printed in 1931. 1st edition stated, date not indicated aside from E-F date code - May 1931. Original blue cloth spine and pictorial decorated blue paper boards. Gold paper title label at spined vertically cracked, rubbed and only partially legible. Binding shaken but still sound. Corners of boards bruised, more so at upper corners. Boards showing through rub and abrasion at tips. Cloth thin and weak at spine ends. Periodic red pencil enclosures of text, elisons and occasional underlines. A sort of calendar in red pencil to the terminal printed page. Prior owner's attractive bookplate inside front cover. Cloth worn and thinning over the rear spine edge. A rather worn and tired example of this uncommon Twain title, scarcer still in the first combined book printing. Fair to Good only. As is

Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.

Mark Twain. The Private Life of Adam and Eve. Being Extracts from their Diaries . --- First Hardcover Edition. , 1906.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: NY: Harper & Brothers; copyright 1906, but first printed in 1931. 1st edition stated, with proper E-F code. First single book edition with numerous interesting Illustrations by F. Strothmann & Lester Ralph. Apparently those by Strothmann were meant to imitate pictographs/Hyroglyphics on stone tablets but have a decidedly cartoonish and comical look. The others by Ralph are more serious and quite nice. 110 pages + end papers in light blue. Darked blue paper bds with navy cloth spine and paper title label, label is darkened with age, sans dust wrapper.

Seller: White Mountains, Rare Books and Maps, Lincoln, NH, U.S.A.

Twain, Mark. The Private Life of Adam and Eve: Being Extracts from Their Diaries Translated from the Original Mss.. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1906.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A comedic take on traditional religion by Mark Twain. Written as though it were the diary of Adam. With 100 drawings by F. Strothmann and Lester Ralph. First edition of this uncommon Twain title. Octavo, original half cloth. Darkening with wear to the edges. E-F date code - May 1931. 6" - 8¼".

Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.

Twain, Mark. The Private Life of Adam and Eve; Being Extracts from Their Diaries Translated from the Original Mss.. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1906.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: ( 1931 ) SCARCE. With 100 drawings by F. Strothmann and Lester Ralph. Near Fine, prior owner gift inscription front end page, spine label toned, in a Very Good dust jacket, front flap corners clipped, spine darkened, shallow chips at top edge front and rear. "This book was originally published as two volumes under the following titles : EXTRACTS FROM ADAM'S DIARY (and) EVE'S DIARY. Because of Mark Twain's request the books are being published together in this volume". BAL 3700. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.