CLEMENS, Samuel L. ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1942.
Sale 1335 - Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
Jun 6, 2024
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$400 -
$600
Sold for $413
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Lot Description
CLEMENS, Samuel L. ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1942.
Large 8vo. Numerous illustrations by Thomas Hart Benton. Original brown cloth, printed spine label (spine and extremities sunned). Provenance: Carl Purington Rollins (1880-1960), his copy, see notation below.
LIMITED EDITION, one of 1500 copies, SIGNED BY BENTON. An unnumbered trial copy from the library of Carl Purington Rollins, the designer of the book. Rollins writes on the front free endpaper: "This copy was printed letterpress by P.O. of Y.U.P. [Yale University Press] and sheets sent to New York. Then offset developed (when and how uncertain except that YUP work was a little over-inked.) So sheets were rejected by Macy." [Laid in:] WILDER, Thornton. Autograph letter signed to Rollins. 2pp., 8vo. Rollins' close friend and author Thornton Wilder was known to test read new material in the Rollins home on Armory Street, New Haven.
[With:] TWAIN. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Cambridge: The Limited Editions Club, 1939. Original blue cloth, printed spine label (spine sunned); card slipcase.
LIMITED EDITION, one of 15 PRESENTATION COPIES TO ROLLINS ("C.P.R."), the designer of the book with the embossed stamp of special limitation, of a total edition of 1,500. [Laid in:] Autograph postcard signed, from Wilder to Rollins.
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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