TWAIN MARK Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Sale 2332 - Lot 260

Price Realized: $ 1,000

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Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

TWAIN, MARK. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Lithographic frontispiece and text illustrations by E.W. Kemble, photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt. Small 4to, original full sheep, rebacked to style with original covers laid down, morocco lettering label, boards professionally strengthened and re-cornered, some scuffs and soiling, restored by J. Macdonald with their ticket; new endpapers, dampstaining throughout, at times heavily, intermittent spotting and smudging. New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885

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first edition in the rare full sheep binding including plate on p. 283 in first state with a definite curve on the fly of Silas Phelps, that Blanck reckons "has been seen only in early prospectuses and in leather bound copies of the published book." Other early issue points include: frontispiece portrait BAL state 2; page [9] with "Decided"; p. [13] BAL state 1 with illustration caption incorrect; p. 57 ("with the was") and p. 155 (lacking final 5) both BAL first states. BAL 3415; Peter Parley to Penrod, pp. 75-76.