The Martyrdom of Man
READE, Winwood
Thirteenth Edition.
'ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE EVER PENNED' (Sherlock Holmes)
Published: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co, 1890
Stock code: 48112
Price: £96.00
8vo., Thirteenth Edition, title a litle loose at gutter; original green arches-style cloth, upper board framed in blind, gilt back, primrose endpapers, tiny nick at headband else a very good, bright, clean copy.
First published in 1872, Reade's forceful critique of Christianity has been termed 'a bible for secularists'. All Holmesians will remember that Holmes himself recommended it to Watson in 'The Sign of Four': 'Let me recommend this book - one of the most remarkable ever penned'. Bright copy of a later nineteenth century edition.