CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, third issue.
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May 4, 2022
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CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
Square 8vo (213 x 165 mm). Half-title, lithographic frontispiece by E. W. Kemble, photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt (BAL state 1), numerous illustrations. (Some minor spotting or staining.)Publisher’s original green pictorial cloth gilt, stamped in black (front hinge starting or separated, some wear and staining to extremities). Provenance: Dennis H. Miller (contemporary signature on rear pastedown).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, third issue, with the following issue points: the frontispiece in the third state; the title leaf in the third state; second state of p. 13 with "Him and Another Man" plate listed as being on p. 87 where it appears; second state of p. 57 with “saw”; fourth state of p. 283; with final blank 23/8. BAL 3415.
Property from the Collection of Mr. Andrew Mclean
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