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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).
by Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Tuxedo Park, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. First edition, first state. Acceptable. In green pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt. Page 283 a cancel. Misprints on pages 9, 13, 57, and 155 uncorrected, indicating first-state issue. A cheaply manufactured book, few copies survive that do not show wear and tear. In this case, we have taken measures to rehabilitate the spine and strengthen the hinges (splitting in most copies), and apply restorative cloth to the spine ends (stripped and fraying in most copies), extending the life of the book. Edges, lower corners rubbed, exposing boards. Pages toned and moderately stained. Text block a bit tired. Still, a prize copy of the first edition of one of the three defining books of nineteenth-century America. BAL 3415.
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
- Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6674
- Title
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).
- Author
- Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first state
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles L. Webster and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1885
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
Biblio member since 2006
Tuxedo Park, New York
About Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio owes its name and its inspiration to the traditional Italian studio bibliografico. These small antiquarian bookshops, typically run by individuals who combine deep scholarship with a love of the printed object, remind us that underlying the words "study" and "studio" is the Latin term for zeal and devotion, studium. Since 1993, my goal has been to match discerning collectors with extraordinary books and manuscripts.
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- Cloth
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- Text Block
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- First State
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- Acceptable
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Edges
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