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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Companion)

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Companion)

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Companion)

by TWAIN, Mark

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About This Item

New York: Charles L. Webster and Co, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. Early American edition. The English edition preceded the first American by a year and was issued in 1885. Green cloth gilt. Front fly lacking, one signature a little sprung but tight, light fraying and wear at the corners and spine ends, but a sound and attractive very good copy. Small book label of author Larry McMurtry on front pastedown, and McMurtry's neat pencil signature on the front fly. One of the most beloved and regarded novels of American literature, Twain's masterpiece and one of the indisputable candidates for the Great American Novel. McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel *Lonesome Dove* seems, like *Huckleberry Finn*, to be a great picaresque adventure, and likely was informed and inspired by the dark humor of the earlier novel. Johnson Highspot of American Literature. Blanck, *Peter Parley to Penrod.*.

Synopsis

Commonly named among the Great American novels, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain, is generally regarded as the sequel to his earlier novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; however, in Huckleberry Finn, Twain focused increasingly on the institution of slavery and the South. Narrated by Huckleberry “Huck” Finn in Southern antebellum vernacular, the novel gives vivid descriptions of people and daily life along the Mississippi River while following the adventure of Huck and a runaway slave, Jim, rafting their way to freedom.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Companion)
Author
TWAIN, Mark
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Charles L. Webster and Co
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1886
Keywords
JohnsonHighspot, AssociationCopy

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Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Tight
Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....

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