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ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN - with - THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
by Twain, Mark; Matthews, Greg
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Random House; Crown Publishers, 1983. Book. Illus. by George Caleb Gingham;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (xxviii, x) 418, 500 pp. Please note, these are somewhat heavy books and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Adventures is a first thus, bound in white boards with a small brown pictorial on the front panel; lettered in brown on the spine; headband. Further Adventures is a First Edition, quarter-bound in green cloth on cream coloured boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. The dustjacket on Further Adventures features a detail of Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by George Caleb Bingham. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is subtitled The Only Comprehensive Edition. Both books have very light edge and corner wear on the dustjackets; prices intact; no interior markings. Adventures contains, published for the first time, the omitted episodes and other variations present in the first half of the handwritten manuscript pages. The Contents are: Acknowledgments by Victor Doyno; Introduction by Justin Kaplan; Foreword to the Text by Victor Doyno; Notice; Explanatory; and Illustrations; followed by The Novel; and Textual Addendum..
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- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 228831
- Title
- ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN - with - THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
- Author
- Twain, Mark; Matthews, Greg
- Illustrator
- George Caleb Gingham;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Printing - First Thus
- Publisher
- Random House; Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- american writing; literary; adventure; tom sawyer; huck finn;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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W. Fraser Sandercombe
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About the Seller
W. Fraser Sandercombe
Biblio member since 2004
Burlington, Ontario
About W. Fraser Sandercombe
We are primarily an Internet-only bookstore, selling on-line for over twenty-three years; our shop can, however, be visited by appointment through an e-mail. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books (and usually have around 500 signed editions in stock at any given moment) ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; History; Outdoors; True Crime; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.
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