CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, early state.
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$6,000 -
$8,000
Sold for $7,500
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Lot Description
CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
Square 8vo. Lithographic frontispiece by E. W. Kemble, photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt (BAL state 1), illustrations in text. (Spotting to a few leaves.) Original green gilt-decorated pictorial cloth (slight rubbing to corners and spine ends, otherwise bright); quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: Perry Molstad (bookplate designed by Rockwell Kent); Sold Sotheby's New York, 27 April 1984, Sale 5184, Lot 419.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, early state, with the following issue points: the title leaf in the second state; the frontispiece in the first state;
first state of p. 13 with "Him and Another Man" plate listed as being on p. 88; first state of p. 57 with “was” for “saw”; first state of pagination on p. 155 (without the final “5”); third state of p. 283; with final blank 23/8. BAL 3415; Johnson, p.43-50.
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