Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's comrade). : Scene: the Mississippi Valley. Time: forty to fifty years ago.
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Author
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910,
Contributors
Kemble, E. W. 1861-1933, illustrator.
Charles L. Webster and Company, publisher.
J.J. Little & Co., printer.
John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress)
Published
New York : Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
366 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 22 cm
Status
Available from another library (library use only)
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Providence Public - Special Collections813.4 T969a SpecColC Case 1Edith Wetmore Collection of Children's BooksLibrary Use Only

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Published
New York : Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
Language
English

Notes

General Note
First American edition. BAL notes various states of the title leaf, pages [3], 57, 283, 155, the final (blank) leaf, and the frontispiece, in some cases peculiar to leather-bound copies.
General Note
Printer from verso of title page.
General Note
Wood-engraved illustrations by E.W. Kemble; the frontispiece is a photogravure of a bust by Karl Gerhardt.
General Note
Collation: leaves 21.5 x 16.4 cm: [1]⁸ 2-10⁸ [11]⁸ 12-23⁸ [$1 signed]; 184 leaves, pages [1-9] 10-12 [13] 14-15 [16-17 (16 blank)] 18-366 [367-368 (blank)] + frontispiece portrait; pages with chapter headings unnumbered. In some copies the title leaf (1₂) and/or leaf 18₆ is a cancel; blank leaf 23₈ may be excised or pasted under the lining paper.
General Note
Issued in green pictorial cloth, printed in black and gold; also issued leather-bound, in "library binding" of tan sheep with red and black lettering pieces on the spine.
Citation/References
Blank, J. Bibliography of American literature,,3415
Citation/References
McBride, B. Mark Twain,,pages 102-105
Citation/References
Johnson, M. Bibliography of the works of Mark Twain,,pages 43-50
Description
Recounts the adventures of a young boy and an escaped slave as they travel down the Mississippi River on a raft, and tells of the people they encounter, including a pair of swindlers and two families in a feud.

Subjects

LC Subjects
Action and adventure fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Boys -- Fiction.
Finn, Huckleberry -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Fugitive slaves -- Fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Male friendship -- Fiction.
Mississippi River -- Fiction.
Missouri -- Fiction.
Race relations -- Fiction.
Runaway children -- Fiction.
Other Subjects
Juvenile literature.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Twain, M., & Kemble, E. W. 1. (1885). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's comrade).: Scene: the Mississippi Valley. Time: forty to fifty years ago. . Charles L. Webster and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 and E. W. 1861-1933, Kemble. 1885. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).: Scene: The Mississippi Valley. Time: Forty to Fifty Years Ago.. Charles L. Webster and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 and E. W. 1861-1933, Kemble. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).: Scene: The Mississippi Valley. Time: Forty to Fifty Years Ago. Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Twain, Mark, and E. W. 1861-1933 Kemble. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).: Scene: The Mississippi Valley. Time: Forty to Fifty Years Ago. Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.

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