1886 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Description

Early Edition, Leather Binding, Rebound

1886 New Edition. 

Rebound in half-crushed morocco on marbled boards. 

This is an early edition of 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn', the popular novel by Mark Twain which followed the success of 'The Adventure of Tom Sawyer'. First published in December 1884, this novel is considered one of the Great American Novels, and is known for its use of vernacular English. 

Contents include 'Civilising Huck' 'The Boys Escape Jim', and 'He Went for Judge Thatcher' as this novel follows the adventures of Huck Finn along the Mississippi River. 

Mark Twain, also known as Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), was an American writer, humorist, and lecturer. He is often referred to as the father of American literature. 

With an illustrated bookplate belonging to Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke. Herbert was a British politician and peer, whose father was a close ally and confidant of Florence Nightingale. 

Collated, complete.