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On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 7:36 PM, Kent Rasmussen <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> After years of searching for a reasonably priced set of Gale's
> two-volume facsimile manuscript edition of _Adventures of Huckleberry
> Finn_/, /I was recently delighted to find the books available on eBay
> for only $49 plus $6.23 for shipping. After buying two sets, I learned
> that the dealer has at least two dozen more sets--all still in their
> original shrink wrap. Just over 1,000 numbered boxed sets of the books
> were issued in 1983 at a price of $250 per set. This edition, it should
> be noted, does not include the manuscript pages that were discovered
> during the early 1990s, but until a more complete facsimile edition is
> published, the $49 price represents a terrific value.
>
> I have no connection with the eBay dealer other than that of a customer.
> I am passing along this information in the hope it is useful to other
> forum members. Here's a link to the eBay page:
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Adventures-of-Huckleberry-
> Finn-A-Facsimile-of-the-Manuscript-Vols-I-II-1983/183059093369?hash=
> item2a9f2c1779:g:r28AAOSwux5YJfzA
>
> P.S. I should add that over the years, I've made four or five attempts
> to buy the facsimile edition online at bargain prices. Until now, every
> time I tried to do that I got the same cheap reprint edition of the
> novel. I think that's because of a mix-up in the ISBN's. I mention this
> because if you seen the facsimile edition listed anywhere for less than
> $50, the listing is probably for that other edition. Inquire before you
> buy.
>