[Rarebooks] FS: True First Edition of HUCK FINN

[Charles Agvent]

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               TWAIN,   Mark  [CLEMENS,  Samuel].   THE  ADVENTURES  OF
          HUCKLEBERRY    FINN  (TOM  SAWYER'S   COMRADE).  SCENE:   THE
          MISSISSIPPI  VALLEY. TIME: FORTY TO FIFTY YEARS AGO.  London:
          Chatto  &  Windus  1884.  First Edition.  The  First  English
          Edition,  preceding the American edition by four months. With
          174 illustrations  by E.W. Kemble. BAL 3414: Sequence B  with
          the gatherings  saddle-stitched with wire staples as  opposed
          to sewn.  BAL assigns no priority to the sequences. With  the
          publisher's  catalogue insert at rear dated October 1884, per
          BAL. Typical  sunning to spine with mild fraying to head  and
          neat cloth  repair  to heel. Minor spotting to  covers.  Near
          Fine                                                 $2750.00

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