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> >>