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PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC

PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC by [Twain, Mark]

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PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC
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[Twain, Mark]
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1896. By The Sieur Louis de Conte (her page and secretary). Freely Translated... by Jean François Alden. Illustrated from Original Drawings by F.V. du Mond. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896. 2 pp undated ads. Original red cloth stamped in gold and silver. First Edition, first issue, of Mark Twain's last completed novel -- a fictionalized (and romanticized) version of the life of someone with whom he was fascinated, written as a purported 1492 memoir by Joan of Arc's page and secretary late in his life. Twain said "I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and it is the best; I know it perfectly well. And besides, it furnished me seven times the pleasure afforded me by any of the others; twelve years of preparation, and two years of writing. The others needed no preparation and got none" [quoted by Greenman]. JOAN OF ARC first appeared serially in Harper's Magazine -- anonymously, since Twain did not want the public to expect (and be disappointed by the absence of) his customary humor; however, he did become known as the author, and for this 461-page first edition his name, though absent from the title page, is present on the binding. This copy is from the first issue, with "The Abbey Shakespeare" as the first book on the ad leaf. It is in fine condition, with very little of the usual fading of the spine; remarkably for such a hefty book, the endpapers are intact (the front one bears a Christmas 1896 inscription). This is one of Twain's less-common titles. Blanck 3446.
Confederate War Secretary Blames Military Failures on Treasury Secretary

Confederate War Secretary Blames Military Failures on Treasury Secretary by Poor Morale, Desertions, Lack of Equipment All the Result of Poor Fiscal Policies

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Confederate War Secretary Blames Military Failures on Treasury Secretary
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Poor Morale, Desertions, Lack of Equipment All the Result of Poor Fiscal Policies
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Correspondence between the Secretaries of War and the Treasury, on the Subject of a Deficiency of Funds, Confederate States of America, War Department, Richmond, Va, December 29, 1864.Single folded 9.5 x 12 inch sheet; light toning, starting to split at fold. Very faint rubber stamp, "Record Division, War Department, Rebel Archives." Parrish & Willingham 2315.War Secretary James Seddon castigates Treasury Secretary George Trenholm for currency policies that contribute to poor military morale and desertion. Trenholm's response is rather lame.

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