1907 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Mark Twain Harpers Library First Edition Hardcover RARE

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1907 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Mark Twain Harpers Library First Edition Hardcover RARE:
$59.50

For sale is this first edition copy of the HarpersLibrary Edition of this book; a criticism of Mary Baker Eddy and the ChristianScience belief system she founded -- in the classical acerbic humor unique toMr. Twain. A remarkable, controversial work; then and today.

Title: CHRISTIAN SCIENCE with Notes ContainingCorrections to Date

Written by Mark Twain

Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, London& New York copyright 1907. This is the Harpers Library Edition, so statedon the spine of the book-see photo. First Edition with the same date 1907 onthe title page and copyright. See list of issue points below. Hardcover book/no dust jacket as issued. The book is bound in maroon cloth covered boardswithout Uniform Works emblem on the front cover. There are bright gold gilttitles and an oval design on the spine. The front page edges are rough cut and thereis dark top-stain to the top page edges.The book size is 5.5 by 8.25 inches, 362 pages. Illustrated with threephotographs including a frontispiece portrait of Mark Twain with tissue guard;and two full page glossy photos of the church in Boston and New York.

First edition with the following issue points:

This is the Harpers Library Edition and does not have thelist of Uniform Works on the copyright page

Frontispiece with facsimile signature dated 1906

The same date 1907 on the title page and the copyrightpage

Six lines for illustrations list in front of book

Perfect type in \"farm-houses\", page 3, line 9

A heavy ink \"W\" in \"Why\" on page 5

A decapitated number 6 at top of page 61

Autobiography misspelled Autobiograpyhy on page 123.

See my photos of these points and for a more completedescription of this book.

Condition: The book is in Very Good condition. The bookscovers are in very good condition with only slight edge wear and some rubbingto the lower front cover. The gold gilt spine titles are still bright. Thebinding is square and tight and the hinges are firm with no cracks. The insidepages are white; they are supple and lay flat. There are no names, markings,tears or folds. This is a tight clean and well cared for copy of a collectablebook.

\"Contrary to his popular image Mark Twain wasactually intrigued by the possibilities of \'mental sciences.\' He wrote a numberof manuscripts that explored the concept of reality existing only in the mind,but left them unfinished. In this book he primarily attacks Mary Baker Eddy,disputing her authorship of Science and Health, and questioning hermotives\"