Lot 100A
United States, 1885. Extremely rare first edition, first issue of the book Ernest Hemingway lauded as the wellspring of "all modern American literature." Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, that delightful and controversial masterpiece, seen here in its original green pictorial cloth. This is a rare first issue of the book, hitting all first state points delineated by the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL):
Point 1: Title page is a cancel.
Point 2: Title page has 1884 copyright date on verso.
Point 3: The heading for Chapter 6 on the contents page says "decided" rather than "decides."
Point 4: The illustration "Him and another man" listed incorrectly at page 88.
Point 5: On page 57, eleven (11) lines from the bottom it reads: "with the was" which was later changed to "with the saw."
Point 6: Below the frontispiece bust of Mark Twain, the tablecloth is clearly visible.
Point 7: Also below the Frontispiece bust of Twain, the "Heliotype Printing Co." imprint is present.
Point 8: Signature mark "11" is missing on page 161.
Point 9: Page 283 is a cancel sheet.
Point 10: Final leaf is a blank.
Point 11: On page 143 the "l" (L) is missing in "Col" that is part of the Illustration at the top line of text.
Point 12: Also on page 143, line 7 with a Broken "b."
Point 13: On page 155, the second "5" is in a different font and in an off balance position.
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- Condition: No missing pages; slightly broken binding is mended with green tape; signed on the inside cover by a previous owner.
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