Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Milton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Charles Webster, 1885 sheepskin Binding, in lovely clamshell, binding is restored,and rebacked,following earliest setting states as listed by BAL: "Him and another Man" is listed at page 88, BAL's first state; page 57, eleventh line from the bottom reads ".with the was.," BAL's first state; page 155 with final 5 "stamped in" by hand (see Underhill), and matching the original font in the setting of the page number (no priority, occurring randomly in all three states independent of other major signs of first printing sheets, but this setting seems to appear least often); the portrait frontispiece is in BAL's first state, "heliotype" imprint on the portrait frontispiece, title page with 1884 copyright on verso, p.9: the heading for Chapter 6 reads "Decided" (later corrected to "Decides"), p.143: "I" in "Col." (line 1) missing and "b" in "body" (line 7) broken, p. 161: signature mark "11" is missing, final leaf is a blank. Very rare with this many first issue points magnificent copy in beautiful clamshell case, one of the highlights of literature. copyright date is 1884 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Good.
Synopsis
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (often referred to as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or shortened to Huckleberry Finn or simply Huck Finn) is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in February 1885. Commonly recognized as one of the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written in the vernacular, characterized by local color regionalism.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ian Thompson (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-1508979289698
- Title
- Huckleberry Finn
- Author
- Mark Twain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- Charles Webster
- Date Published
- 1885
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About the Seller
Ian Thompson
Biblio member since 2015
Milton, Ontario
About Ian Thompson
specializing in G. A. Henty about 5000 books in stock
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...