Hello Gregg,
Do I touch it with bare hands? Yes, yes, yes! I have the Stewardship of this
volume, for the time being, and to not pull it down from the shelf at least
twice a year, hold it in my hands and read it again would be something akin
to living with the prettiest girl in the world and never kissing her.
Rick Talbot
in Minnesota--
The State Where Nothing is Allowed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregg Camfield" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: which edition of AHF?
> Given what it's worth, do you actually touch it with bare hands?
>
> Gregg
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard Talbot <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009 4:12 pm
> Subject: Re: which edition of AHF?
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>> 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" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> 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)
>> > <www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/ENG/faculty/hbush.html>
>>
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