TWAIN MARK Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Sale 2543 - Lot 387

Price Realized: $ 1,875

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

TWAIN, MARK. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Frontispiece and text illustrations by E.W. Kemble, photogravure plate of a portrait bust by Karl Gerhardt (BAL state 1). 4to, publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and black, minimal rubbing to spine tips and corners with light exposure, one small smudge near spine foot else boards bright and clean; front hinge starting and partly separating at bottom of text block, rear hinge tender, ownership signature to front free endpaper, one signature partly loose but secure, occasional minor soiling, chiefly marginal. New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885

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unsophisticated first american edition, with the following first issue points: page [9] with "Decided"; page [13] illustration caption incorrect; and p. 57 ("with the was"); the title-page and p. 283 are cancels. The other known points "are of no significance in determining the sequence of the printing of the sheets. All of these occur at random in relation to each other within copies of the first printing, a strong indicator of the use of multiple plates, and possibly mixed sheets within the collating process" (MacDonnell, Firsts, vol. 8, no. 7/8, 1998, p. 31). BAL 3415.