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Clemens, Samuel L.
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). New York: Charles Webster, 1885
In 8s (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.; 216 x 166 mm). Frontispiece and 173 text illustrations by W. E. Kemble, photogravure plate of a portrait bust of Clemens by Karl Gerhardt (BAL state 2, with the tablecloth not visible and Karl Gerhardt Sc. added to the shoulder of the bust), title-leaf is a cancel with copyright notice on verso dated 1884, BAL state 2; minor spotting and foxing to frontispiece, short fore-edge tear on p. 37. Publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and black, peach-colored endleaves; minor rubbing to foot of spine and lower corners, minor spotting to black ground behind figure of Huck, minor foxing to front pastedown.
In 8s (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.; 216 x 166 mm). Frontispiece and 173 text illustrations by W. E. Kemble, photogravure plate of a portrait bust of Clemens by Karl Gerhardt (BAL state 2, with the tablecloth not visible and Karl Gerhardt Sc. added to the shoulder of the bust), title-leaf is a cancel with copyright notice on verso dated 1884, BAL state 2; minor spotting and foxing to frontispiece, short fore-edge tear on p. 37. Publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and black, peach-colored endleaves; minor rubbing to foot of spine and lower corners, minor spotting to black ground behind figure of Huck, minor foxing to front pastedown.
Provenance
Ralph Vallone, Jr. (bookplate)
Condition
In 8s (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.; 216 x 166 mm). Frontispiece and 173 text illustrations by W. E. Kemble, photogravure plate of a portrait bust of Clemens by Karl Gerhardt (BAL state 2, with the tablecloth not visible and Karl Gerhardt Sc. added to the shoulder of the bust), title-leaf is a cancel with copyright notice on verso dated 1884 BAL state 2); minor spotting and foxing to frontispiece, short fore-edge tear on p. 37. Publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and black, peach-colored endleaves; minor rubbing to foot of spine and lower corners, minor spotting to black ground behind figure of Huck, minor foxing to front pastedown.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First edition, a fine bright copy. With BAL points: page [13], state 1 (erroneously listing the illustration Him and another Man on page 88 rather than page 87); page 57, state 1 (eleventh line reading with the was); page 282, state 3 (leaf is a cancel, the illustration re-engraved with a straight vertical line on Silas Phelps's trousers); page 155, state 3 (the last 5 larger than the first and dropping below the line of the figures preceding it).