It's like listening to Elvis' first recording, "That's All Right," while playing the original 1954 Sun 78 (#209), including the audio imperfections of the era's technology.  The real thing, no doubt about it.
Martin Zehr
Kansas City, Missouri
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> Hello Forum---I miss you all and I wish I was back in Elmira.... 
> 
> There's probably one other member of the forum out there who would agree 
> with my choice of AHF. I use ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN. New York: 
> Charles L. Webster and Co., 1885. BAL 3415. First Edition, First state. To 
> hold this book in your hands, to feel its glossy pages, smell its pungent 
> mustiness, to see the book, itself, as art, now that's reading. 
> 
> Rick Talbot 
> 
> Collector in Minnesota, the State Where Nothing Is Allowed 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Harold Bush" 
> To: 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 4:11 PM 
> Subject: which edition of AHF? 
> 
> 
> > just out of curiosity -- which edition of Huck Finn do teachers on here 
> > prefer to use in the classroom? 
> > I used to use the old Bedford critical edition edited by G. Graff but I 
> > see 
> > it is now evidently out of print. It may be that the Penguin classics 
> > edition (Seelye) is also either out of print or about to be replaced. 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Harold K. Bush, Ph.D 
> > Professor of English 
> > Saint Louis University 
> > St. Louis, MO 63108 
> > 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) 
> >