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Seller Description: Early printing of Twain's masterpiece, inscribed by Mark Twain. Octavo, bound in half buckram by Roycroft with paper labels to the spine, tissue-guarded frontispiece photogravure plate of Gerhardt's bust of Clemens, one hundred and seventy-four illustrations by E. W. Kemble. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Mr. Garth W. Cate: Taking the pledge will not make bad liquor good, but it will improve it. Truly Yours, Mark Twain, Nov. 25/06." With a lengthy letter of ... See More Details

Seller Description: First edition, mixed state of the only novel Clemens wrote with a collaborator and the book that gave the era it's name in history. Association copy, inscribed by Mark Twain on the fly-leaf, "To Mrs. P. T. Barnum with the kindest wishes of The Author Oct 1875." Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco, gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, fully illustrated from new designs by Hoppin, Stephens, Williams, White, etc., folding map. Sold by subscription only. The volume is ... See More Details

Seller Description: First edition, second issue of the author's second book, one of the best-selling travel books of all-time. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, with two hundred and thirty-four illustrations. Association copy, inscribed by Mark Twain on the fly-leaf, "To Mrs. P. T. Barnum from Yours Truly Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain Oct 1875." The recipient, Nancy Fish, was the second wife of American showman P. T. Barnum. Twain and Barnum ... See More Details

Seller Description: Early printing of Twain's first semi-autobiographical work of travel literature, essentially a prequel to The Innocents Abroad. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles to the spine, fully illustrated by eminent artists with wood engravings throughout. Association copy, inscribed by Mark Twain on the fly-leaf, "For Mrs. P. T. Barnum with kindest wishes of Samuel L. Clemens Oct. 1875." The recipient, Nancy Fish, was the second wife of American showman P. T. Barnum. Twain and ... See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good. First edition, first issue with one page of publisher's preliminary ad leaf facing the title page and unbroken type on pages 21, 66 and 198. Bound in publisher's original pebbled red cloth with beveled edges, titles in gilt on upper board and spine, with frog stamped in gilt on the lower left corner of the upper board and in blind on the lower board. Very Good or better with shallow chipping to spine ends, soiling to cloth. Superficial crack with a possible glue repair to front ... See More Details

Seller Description: Kemble, E.W. Fine. Signed by author. All pages unblemished. Includes illustrations. 174 Illustrations Green cloth binding, with gold leaf accents on cover. Excellent condition. Very light shelf wear. Frontispiece: Photo gravure of Samuel Clemens' bust by Karl Gerhardt See More Details

Seller Description: Two pages with professional repairs to tears; hinges unbroken and covers tight. Light edgewear with some rubbing and wear to the spine. Easily Very Good. FIRST PRINTING on wove paper and with half-title and frontispiece with blank versos and with "THE" on the half-title page in 10-point rather than 14-point type. Original blue cloth with peach endpapers with front and rear triple flyleaves of laid paper; four pages of ads at the rear. BAL 3369. MacDonnell, 39-40. Illustrated by True Williams ... See More Details

Seller Description: First edition, first issue of Mark Twain's masterpiece. Octavo, original publisher's decorated green cloth, with 174 illustrations by Edward W. Kemble. Contains all of the agreed upon first issue points for the clothbound book: page 9 with "Decided" remaining uncorrected (to "Decides"); page 13, illustration captioned "Him and another Man" listed as on page 88; page 57, 11th line from bottom reads "with the was, " instead of "with the saw". Other points of bibliographical interest included in ... See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good. 2nd Printing. First edition, second printing with textual errors corrected. Rebound in dark brown three quarter leather with brown pebble design marbled paper five raised bands edge wear. See More Details

Seller Description: First edition, first issue of Twain's masterpiece, one of approximately 500 copies bound in publisher's three-quarters morocco binding. Octavo, original three-quarters brown morocco and marbled boards, gilt-decorated spine, marbled endpapers. Lithographic frontispiece and with 174 illustrations by E.W. Kemble, photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt. Copies of Huckleberry Finn in the original publisher's leather bindings are quite rare: "The relative rarity ... See More Details

Seller Description: First edition, first issue of Twain's masterpiece, one of approximately 500 copies bound in publisher's three-quarters morocco binding. Octavo, original three-quarters brown morocco and marbled boards, gilt-decorated spine, marbled endpapers. Lithographic frontispiece and with 174 illustrations by E.W. Kemble, photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt. Copies of Huckleberry Finn in the original publisher's leather bindings are quite rare: "The relative rarity ... See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good. 1st Printing. Original publishers brown cloth with black titles and bright gilt design front hinge starting book plate darkening on gutter pages 408-409. "The St. Charles Hotel" on page 443 caption, without the illustration of Mark Twain's head in flames on page 441. See More Details

Seller Description: The Definitive edition, one of 1024 numbered sets, with volume one signed by Mark Twain and Albert Bigelow Paine. The publisher states that Twain intended a definitive edition and signed 1024 single leaves in 1906 in anticipation of this edition. Octavo, 37 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine over marbled boards, each volume illustrated with frontispiece and plates. In very good condition. "To understand America, read Mark Twain. No matter what new ... See More Details

Seller Description: First edition, first issue of Mark Twain's masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full dark green morocco with morocco spine label lettered in gilt, raised bands to the spine, mar top edge gilt, with 174 illustrations by Edward W. Kemble. With all of the agreed upon first issue points for the clothbound book: page 9 with "Decided" remaining uncorrected (to "Decides"); page 13, illustration captioned "Him and another Man" listed as on page 88; page 57, 11th line from bottom reads "with the was, " instead ... See More Details

Seller Description: First edition of Mark Twain's masterpiece. Octavo, original publisher's decorated green cloth, with 174 illustrations by Edward W. Kemble. Contains all of the agreed upon first issue points for the clothbound book: page 9 with "Decided" remaining uncorrected (to "Decides"); page 13, illustration captioned "Him and another Man" listed as on page 88; page 57, 11th line from bottom reads "with the was, " instead of "with the saw". Other points of bibliographical interest included in this copy are ... See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good + A Very Good+ copy of the book. Spine gilt a bit dulled and some wear at the spine ends and corners. Cloth a bit rubbed. Generally clean internally. With all three generally accepted first printing points. Frontis bust of Twain in the first state. An attractive copy overall. Recounting the adventures of Huckleberry Finn as he flees his own abusive father and aids Jim in his escape from slavery, Twain's novel has been praised for its "distinctly American voice, " putting at its ... See More Details

Seller Description: First edition, first printing, mixed state of the apotheosis of American boyhood. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over cloth, gilt topstain. In near fine condition with half-title and frontispiece on the same leaf, with 1875 on the copyright page and 1876 on the title page, and with the 10-point type to the word "THE" on the half-title page, four page publishers advertisements at end. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell chemise and box. Popular and controversial at the time of ... See More Details

Seller Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. The Adventures of HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain. First Edition, First Printing, First Issue, First State w/13 "first" points. Very Good+ to Near Fine. A Genuine American Treasure. Ernest Hemingway said: All modern literature comes from one book (Huckleberry Finn) by Mark Twain. It s the best book we ve had. All American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing since. Written over an eight-year period, Adventures of ... See More Details

Seller Description: Uniform edition of the author's second book, one of the best-selling travel books of all-time. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, engraved frontispiece and photographic portrait with facsimile signature. Signed by the author "Truly yours Mark Twain" to the front pastedown. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell box. See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good. Square, clean and tight with no previous owner bookplate and no internal markings. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, bound in publisher's original decorated green cloth. E. W. Kemble illustration of Huck holding a rabbit and a rifle before portrait frontis-separated by publisher's tissue. All first issue points from B.A.L. and other sources present as follows: 1) Heliotype portrait frontispiece with cloth under bust visible. 2) 1885 on title page with 1884 notice on verso. 3) Missing the ... See More Details

Seller Description: Foxing to fore-edge and preliminaries; some moderate use to cloth at the top and bottom of the spine; a very good copy with the gold decoration in attractive condition. 366 pp. 8vo, BAL 3415. Laid in is a 12mo leaf, signed "Truly Yours / Mark Twain [paraph]" See More Details

Seller Description: Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. A professionally restored and rebound First American Edition from the very limited sheep skin covered first print run. This copy, meticulously rebound in a copy of the original boards (also included as verification of the book's original state), with finish matching the original and with red and black morocco spinal labels. Water stain to the lower inside corner along bottom edge, of the first 75 pages, about 3 inches by 1 inch at front, diminishing as ... See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good in boards. Owner hole punched stamp on title page, small printed stamp on CP. Bottom corners bumped. Rare First edition, with the following first issue points: 1869 date on both the title and copyright page, a double frontispiece; the last entry of the table of contents reads "Thankless Devotion-A Newspaper Valedictory" at page xviii; "Chapter XLI" on page 643; text ends on page 651; 4 pages of ads at the end. Page numbers present in the table of contents at pages xvii-xviii; & the ... See More Details

Seller Description: Kemble, E.W. Very good. Tight binding. All pages unblemished. Includes illustrations. 174 Illustrations First Edition. Very good condition. Very light shelf wear at the top of the spine. No markings on any pages. (Note: Signature on the frontispiece is printed, not autographed. ) See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good+ First edition, first issue. (All three definitive points present: p. 9 has "Decided" instead of "Decides"; p. 13 lists illustration on p. 88 "Him and another Man"; p. 57 error "with the was" 11 lines up from bottom of text. Other points with no priority follow: Frontis portrait lacks tablecloth under bust; Heliotype Printing Co. imprint; p. 155 correctly numbered; correct trade issue straight fly on pg. 283; Title leaf is tipped in, copyright page dated 1884. Pg. 143 has "l" in "Col ... See More Details