TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; finely bound in full polished calf
London: J. M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1970.
$1,850.00
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Item Number: RRB-144655
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Finely bound example of Twain's masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full polished calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with color plates and drawings in the text by C. Walter Hodges. In fine condition.
Written over an eight-year period, Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was controversial from the outset, attacked by critics for its crudeness, coarseness and vulgarity. Upon issue of the American edition in 1885, several libraries, including the Concord and Brooklyn Public Libraries, banned it from their shelves. Twain later remarked to his editor, "Apparently, the Concord library has condemned Huck as 'trash and only suitable for the slums.' This will sell us another twenty-five thousand copies for sure!" The book nevertheless emerged as one of the defining novels of American literature, prompting Hemingway to declare: "All modern literature comes from one book 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."
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
$1,850.00
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