Mark Twain — Huckleberry Finn

London, Paul Elek Publishers Ltd, 1948. First edition. Cloth. First edition of the Camden Illustrated Classics printing of Mark Twain's classic adventure novel, delightfully illustrated throughout by Edward Burra. First Paul Elek edition for the "Camden Illustrated Classics" series.In publisher's original cloth binding. With clipped dust wrapper.Featuring a frontispiece, illustrated endpapers and nineteen further plates by acclaimed artist Edward Burra. Collated, complete.With an introduction by Walter Allen.Smart edition of the classic adventure story from eminent American writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain. First published in 1884, the sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the novel has seen countless reprintings and is often considered to be one of the most significant works of American literature, dealing with themes of travel, race and boyhood. In publisher's original cloth binding. With clipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, a few marks and light discolouration concentrated towards edges. Dust wrapper suffers significantly more from shelf wear with a range of small closed tears, the largest being along the spine, connecting to a chip at the head. Reinforced with tape to internal cover. Furnished with a number of marks and creases. Internally, firmly bound. Generally bright and clean with light spotting throughout, heaviest to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Edward Burra. Very Good/Good Only.