To Martin: "Thank you---thank you ver much." Elvis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin D. Zehr" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 11:57 AM Subject: Re: which edition of AHF? > 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 > -------------- Original message from Richard Talbot > <[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" >> 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) >> >