1885 EARLY 1st ed Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Twain
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1885 EARLY 1st ed Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain Tom Sawyer FAMOUS
“the most praised and most condemned 19th-century American work of fiction.”
– Legacies of Genius
“All modern literature comes from one book by Mark Twain. It’s the best book we’ve had. All American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing since.”
– Earnest Hemingway
Mark Twain’s momentous book Huckleberry Finn has been the source of arguments, discussion, and controversy since it first appeared in 1885. It has been reprinted countless times and is still considered to be one of the most popular American novels, if not the most popular. This first edition meets the corrected edition points according to the BAL (see below).
Item number: #8451
Price: $750
TWAIN, Mark
The adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer's comrade); scene: the Mississippi Valley. Time: Forty to fifty years ago
New York: Charles L. Webster and Co., 1885. First edition, early state
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
[9], 10-366
174 illustrations
References: BAL 3415
First edition points according to BAL:
title leaf is conjugate, with the copyright notice dated 1884
frontispiece, not table or tablecloth
p. 9 – “Huck decides”, corrected
p. 57, 11th line from bottom – “with the saw”, corrected
p. 59, line 10 – “let” instead of “le”, corrected
p. 87 illustration captioned “Him and Another man”
p. 143 – “Col.” at top of illustration; “b” in “body in line 7 is corrected
p. 155 – large ‘5’, corrected
p. 161, no signature mark
Language: English
Binding: Green, hardcover; tight & secure
Size: ~8.75in X 7in (22cm x 17.5cm)
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8451
“the most praised and most condemned 19th-century American work of fiction.”
– Legacies of Genius
“All modern literature comes from one book by Mark Twain. It’s the best book we’ve had. All American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing since.”
– Earnest Hemingway
Mark Twain’s momentous book Huckleberry Finn has been the source of arguments, discussion, and controversy since it first appeared in 1885. It has been reprinted countless times and is still considered to be one of the most popular American novels, if not the most popular. This first edition meets the corrected edition points according to the BAL (see below).
Item number: #8451
Price: $750
TWAIN, Mark
The adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer's comrade); scene: the Mississippi Valley. Time: Forty to fifty years ago
New York: Charles L. Webster and Co., 1885. First edition, early state
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
[9], 10-366
174 illustrations
References: BAL 3415
First edition points according to BAL:
title leaf is conjugate, with the copyright notice dated 1884
frontispiece, not table or tablecloth
p. 9 – “Huck decides”, corrected
p. 57, 11th line from bottom – “with the saw”, corrected
p. 59, line 10 – “let” instead of “le”, corrected
p. 87 illustration captioned “Him and Another man”
p. 143 – “Col.” at top of illustration; “b” in “body in line 7 is corrected
p. 155 – large ‘5’, corrected
p. 161, no signature mark
Language: English
Binding: Green, hardcover; tight & secure
Size: ~8.75in X 7in (22cm x 17.5cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!
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