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Mark Twain, 1884
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain, 1884
CLEMENS, Samuel (“Mark Twain,” 1835-1910). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. London: Chatto & Windus, 1884.
First edition, state A, of “an American classic … often called a masterpiece—even the great American novel” (Rasmussen, 216). With Twain’s signature on card pasted to half title. Published nine days before the American edition, this is the true first. BAL 3414; Grolier 100 American 87.
Octavo (186 x 122mm). Half-title, illustrated frontispiece, 32pp. publisher’s advertisements dated October 1884 at rear (minor spotting at edges). Original red cloth stamped with gold and black (front hinge cracked, extremities bumped); modern quarter morocco box.
Mark Twain, 1884
CLEMENS, Samuel (“Mark Twain,” 1835-1910). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. London: Chatto & Windus, 1884.
First edition, state A, of “an American classic … often called a masterpiece—even the great American novel” (Rasmussen, 216). With Twain’s signature on card pasted to half title. Published nine days before the American edition, this is the true first. BAL 3414; Grolier 100 American 87.
Octavo (186 x 122mm). Half-title, illustrated frontispiece, 32pp. publisher’s advertisements dated October 1884 at rear (minor spotting at edges). Original red cloth stamped with gold and black (front hinge cracked, extremities bumped); modern quarter morocco box.
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