Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens] — Extracts from Adam&Apos;S Diary

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1904. Cloth. The first complete edition of Twain's humorous retelling of the Genesis from the perspective of Adam, among the first to do so. A charming early edition of Extracts from Adam's Diary, the first complete edition in book format, written by the great American author and humourist Mark Twain. Published in 1904, first published in The Niagara Book in 1893. In the publisher's original red pictorial cloth, with a frontispiece and numerous in-text heiroglyphs adjoining each diary entry by American cartoonist Frederick Strothmann. Despite being a comic tale, Twain's retelling is intriguing for being among the first to imagine the Genesis from Adam's perspective, inlcuding his confusion meeting both Eve and Cain. As well as Eve and Cain, we are also entertained by Adam's observations of nature, such as the ageing of animals and clothes. In the publisher's original red pictorial cloth. Externally, fading and mottling to the spine, to the top edge of the front board, and to the rear board. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. A small black mark to the front board. Slight offsetting to end papers and the odd faint spot. Internally, firmly bound, with minor wear to hinge between pp.54-55. Previous owner's ink inscription to title leaf. Pages are generally bright and clean with slight age toning and the odd spot to leaf extremities. Good . Ill.: F. Strothmann. Good .