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PLEASE NOTE IS IN HAND AND READY TO SHIP1885 FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, MARK TWAIN, HUCKLEBERRY FINN RARE Three-Quarter MOROCCAN BINDINGHuck Finn 1884/85, 1st. ED/1 st PRINTING with MIXED EARLY STATE POINTS
Published by Charles L. Webster and Company, New YorkIllustrated with 174 engravings by Edward W. KembleBound in THREE-QUARTERS MOROCCAN with MARBLED BOARDS and MARBLED END PAPERSTOP EDGE of PAGES are GOLD GILDED, Book has 366 PagesThe Book Measures 8 1/2\" by 6 3/4 \"Decorative Spine with raised leather, gold trim and dated 1885 at baselThis EXCEPTIONAL copy exhibits SEVERAL FIRST EDITION issue points UNCORRECTEDThis EXCEPTIONAL copy exhibits SEVERAL FIRST EDITION issue points UNCORRECTED, to be found inFIRST TRUE EDITIONSof the 1884/1885 printings. ALL OTHER POINTS HAVE BEEN CORRECTED
***PLEASE SEE***This list below as part of the descriptionWOWZA WHAT A NICE EDITIONDON\'T LET IT GET AWAY
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1884/1885- HUCKLEBERRY FINN, FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINT POINTS as FOLLOWS:1) 1884 on copyright page with 1885 on title page *** FIRST ED. As Stated2) Frontispiece of Twain\'s bust WITHOUT tablecloth visible/sculptor\'s name on shoulder ***FIRST ED. As Stated3) Missing the page number \'13\" on page \'13***FIRST ED. As Stated4) No signature mark \'11\' on page 161 ***FIRST ED. As Stated5) Final leaf is blank ***FIRST ED. As Stated6)Page 155, second \'5\' (DIFERANT FONT) is \'off balance, a little lower\' ***SEE PHOTO*** FIRST ED. AS Sated7) \'Him and another man\' listed as being on page88 on illustration page, actually on page 87 ***CORRECTED8) Page 57, line11,\" with the was...\" *** CORRECTED9) Page 9, Chapter VI: \"Huck Decided to Leave\" ***CORRECTED10) Page 143 line 7 down, \'b\' is broken in \'nobody\' also missing L in Col. at top right illustration ***CORRECTED11) Page 59, line 7 up, last word in sentence \'le\', also line 6 up \'d\' in \'would\' broken type stem pointing left ***CORRECTED12) This copy has the \'Curved FLY\' issue cleaned up on page 283***SEE PHOTOS***CORRECTED
Please Note: Many first issue points are possible with various versions of theTRUE FIRST EDITION PRINTINGS of Huck FINN.The PUBLISHERS of the first edition of HUCK FINN DID NOT specify print runs or FIRST/SECOND etc. STATESTHUS everything in the first year may be referred to as a first print
This edition is considered a MIXED STATE with half of the points corrected, the other half not corrected***
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