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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1985. Item #06249
Barry Moser illustrates Huckleberry Finn
Limited to Three Hundred and Fifty Copies
[PENNYROYAL PRESS]. [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. TWAIN, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Illustrated by Barry Moser. Foreword by Henry Nash Smith. West Hatfield, [Massachusetts]: Printed by Harold McGrath. Pennyroyal Press, 1985.
Centenary Edition. Limited to 350 numbered copies signed by the artist, of which this is number 281
Folio (12/ 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches: 323 x 251 mm.). Printed on Mohawk Letterpress, accompanied with an additional unsigned suite of the prints, all encased in a linen chemise. Large quarto. xxii, 419 pp. Forty-nine wood engravings by Barry Moser.
Publisher's full green morocco gilt by E. Gray Parrot. Triple gilt-rule borders on covers, with the dates 1885-1985 stamped in gilt within roundel in center of upper cover. Smooth spine lettered in gilt, with paste paper endsheets by David Bourbeau. Spine faded and slightly stained, minimal foxing to edges, otherwise near fine. The additional suite of plates in fine condition. Housed together in original publisher's linen slipcase. Publisher's folded prospectus loosely inserted.
The text used for this project was taken from the Mark Twain Project at the Bancroft Library.
Pennyroyal 46.
Price: $1,850.00