[MOSER, BARRY—SOURCE MATERIAL]. CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910). The Annotated Huckleberry Finn. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1981.
Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-307
Nov 9, 2021
4:00AM CT
Lots 308-687
Nov 10, 2021
4:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$600 -
$800
Sold for $594
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Lot Description
[MOSER, BARRY—SOURCE MATERIAL]. CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910). The Annotated Huckleberry Finn. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1981.
4to. Original cloth-backed boards (minor fading and handling wear).
BARRY MOSER’S HEAVILY ANNOTATED WORKING COPY, with his markings, underlinings and notes in pencil and ink throughout indicating many of his references for the subjects of his illustrations for the Pennyroyal Press edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1985), with inserted slips, annotated photocopies, notes, etc.
Accompanied by Moser’s source material of related editions and works on Clemens including a paperback edition Huckleberry Finn. Text, Sources, and Criticism, Edited by Kenneth S. Lynn, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1961], 4to, original wrappers, with some pencil annotations in Moser’s hand; Dennis Welland’s The Life and Times of Mark Twain, New York: Crescent Books, [1991], 4to, original cloth, dust jacket, with flagged notes on inserted slips in Moser’s hand; and 10 other volumes by or about Clemens.
Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser
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