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CLEMENS, Samuel L. ("Mark Twain"). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.

Price realised USD 3,000
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USD 2,000 – USD 3,000
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CLEMENS, Samuel L. ("Mark Twain"). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.

Price realised USD 3,000
Price realised USD 3,000
Details
CLEMENS, Samuel L. ("Mark Twain"). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.

Square 8o. Lithographic frontispiece by E. W. Kemble, photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt, illustrations in text. Numerous illustrations. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in gold and black (gold color worn in some places). Provenance: Chester Lee Carlisle (previous owner's gift inscription).

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION with early issue points: "was" for "saw" on p.57; and the Illustrations list p.[13] shows "Him and Another Man" plate as appearing on p.88. BAL 3415; Grolier American 87; Johnson, pp. 43-50.

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