The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. London: Chatto & Windus, 1884. First UK Edition. Pp xvi, 438, [32]. Pictorial red cloth boards, brown floral endpapers, later adverts dated January 1885 to rear. Ownership ink stamp to three leaves, otherwise a nice bright copy.

First edition of this classic work (preceding the American edition), and arguably among the top two or three masterpieces of 19th century American literature.

“A metaphor for a young and rebellious nation, as well as its individualist inhabitants, Huckleberry Finn defies genre by being simultaneously an adventure story, a road novel, a coming of age tale, an expression of nostalgia for the expansive natural spaces lost to industrialization, and an exploration of race and class.”

Listed on the American Scholar 100 Best American Novels and one of the 100 Best Novels Written in English.