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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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