- 48
Clemens, Samuel ("Mark Twain")
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- ink and paper
Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885
4to (8 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.; 215 x 168 mm). Half-title with portrait of the title character on verso, photograph of bust of Clemens by Karl Gerhardt with the authors signature reproduced below and the imprint "Heliotype Printing Co." but tablecloth not visible; some light marginal spotting and soiling. Publisher's green cloth with gilt and black stamped pictorial title on upper cover and on spine, peach end leaves and pastedowns, in a green leatherette drop-box; extremities rubbed, tears in head and foot of spine. With a calling card signed "Mark Twain" along with the addressed and stamped envelope in which it was received laid in.
4to (8 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.; 215 x 168 mm). Half-title with portrait of the title character on verso, photograph of bust of Clemens by Karl Gerhardt with the authors signature reproduced below and the imprint "Heliotype Printing Co." but tablecloth not visible; some light marginal spotting and soiling. Publisher's green cloth with gilt and black stamped pictorial title on upper cover and on spine, peach end leaves and pastedowns, in a green leatherette drop-box; extremities rubbed, tears in head and foot of spine. With a calling card signed "Mark Twain" along with the addressed and stamped envelope in which it was received laid in.
Literature
BAL 3414
Condition
some light marginal spotting and soiling. Publisher's green cloth with gilt and black stamped pictorial title on upper cover and on spine, peach end leaves and pastedowns, in a green leatherette drop-box; extremities rubbed, tears in head and foot of spine.
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.
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 American edition, with the points: title leaf a cancel and copyright notice dated 1884, illustration captioned "Him and another Man" is listed (on page 13) as at page 88, page 57 up ll lines reads "... with the was ..."; page 283 is a cancel with a straight pant fly in the illustration, the final "5" in the pagination for "155" is larger than the other numbers.