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TWAIN,MARK.
The Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn.
Frontispiece and
in-text illustrations. 8vo, original red cloth
decorated in gilt and blind, scattered soil-
ing, spine faded with split to bottom
1
/
4
and head and foot chipped; shelf label and
ownership signature.
London: Chatto &Windus, 1884
[600/900]
FIRST EDITION
,
preceding the American by a few
days. Advertisements at end dated October 1884.
BAL’s stateA of the sheets (no priority).BAL 3414.
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TWAIN, MARK.
Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn.
Frontispiece and
text illustrations by E.W. Kemble, pho-
togravure plate of a portrait bust by Karl
Gerhardt (BAL state 1). 4to, publisher’s
green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and
black, occasional stain to covers and spine,
portions of spine gilt rubbed, few small
dents to edges; textblock tight and square,
contents quite clean.
NewYork: Charles L.Webster, 1885
[2,000/3,000]
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
.
Early issue points
include: frontispiece portrait with tablecloth visible;
page [9] with “Decided”; p. [13], illustration
caption incorrect and p. 57 (“with the was”) all
first states; p. 155 state 3; and p. 283 state 3.
BAL 3415; Peter Parley to Penrod, pp. 75-76;
MacDonnell, Firsts, vol. 8, no. 7/8, 1998, p. 31.
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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. 4to,
original full sheep, rebacked with original
spine laid down with portion lost at foot,
morocco lettering pieces, extremities
rubbed, scuffs; contents generally clean.
NewYork: Charles L.Webster, 1885
[1,000/1,500]
FIRST EDITION IN THE SCARCE 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 pub-
lished 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.