[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1985.
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[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1985.
2 volumes, folio. 49 wood-engraved plates by Barry Moser; extra suite of wood-engraved plates in separate portfolio. Original green morocco gilt by Gray Parrot; extra suite of plates loose as issued in cloth chemise; housed together in a cloth slipcase.
LIMITED EDITION, number 284 of 350 copies, SIGNED BY MOSER AND WITH AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF PLATES, each additionally signed by Moser. The text for this centenary edition is the restored version as supplied by the Mark Twain Papers at the University of California at Berkeley. Pennyroyal Checklist 39.
Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser
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