CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. London: Chatto & Windus, 1884.
Sale 855 - Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection
Mar 19, 2021
10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
Estimate
$300 -
$400
Sold for $344
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. London: Chatto & Windus, 1884.
8vo (186 x 122 mm). Half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations, 32-page publisher's catalogue dated October 1884 at end. Original red pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt (vertical separation to spine with chipping and losses, some minor soiling, corners bumped). Provenance: William Brown (signature, 1884); 1192 (shelf label).
FIRST EDITION, preceding the first American edition by several months. BAL 3414 (state 'A' of the sheets [no priority]).
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