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Mark Twain

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Charles L. Webster and Company

1885

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Signed first edition early issue of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

  • Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens] (American).
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Tom Sawyer's Comrade.
  • New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. 
  • 366 pages.
  • Octavo.
  • Half-title with clipped signature of Twain tipped in, reading "Yrs Truly / Sammuel L. Clemens / Mark Twain."
  • Bound in publisher's decorated green cloth with dark green, yellow and black lettering.


Two Bibliography of American Literature (BAL) early issue points present: Copyright notice dated 1884, title page 1885, and on page 161 the signature mark 11 is absent. Modern scholarship has shown that there were only three substantive changes, occurring on pages 9, 13 and 57, with this copy having all in the corrected second state.

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Some mild bumping and shelfwear.

Wear consistent with age and use.

Dimensions

Height: 9 inches / 22.86 cm
Width: 7 inches / 17.78 cm
Depth: 1.25 inches / 3.17 cm

Feature(s)

First Edition

Language

English

Subject

Americana, Novels, Childrens, English literature and history

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