If you are interested in learning more or seeing more images of Huckleberry Finn and/or Woodrow Wilson’s letter and George Wright’s letter please contact me.
Huckleberry Finn in original green boards. Three main 1st printing points in this volume:
- Contents page lists Chapter VI as “…decided to leave” (this was later corrected to read “decides to leave”).
- Page 13 Illustration “Him and another man” listed at page 88 (later corrected to read at page 87).
- Page 57, 11th line from bottom reads “with the was” (later corrected to read “with the saw”).
There are other points too. If you are interested in discussing or seeing more images let me know.
Charles B. Wright signature on this volume. Mr. Wright’s letter of authenticity is included. He was a classmate of Woodrow Wilson.
In part, his letter reads as follows: “Four graduate students at Johns Hopkins, of whom I was one, bought and read it together, then we ‘cut’ to see whose book it should be, and I became it’s owner. Two of those four students were Woodrow Wilson and Albert Shaw, the editor for many years now of the Review of Reviews. I wish I had gotten their autographs on the fly leaf, but, while we all recognized Wilson’s outstanding ability was then, coming events had not begun to cast their shadows before. Charles B. Wright.”
Letter from Woodrow Wilson to Harper, 1906. Bold signature by Woodrow. I am intrigued by this letter as it plainly shows that years later Woodrow was still a huge fan of Mark Twain’s writings as he wants the volumes published by Harper & Brothers that same year but seems to be quibbling over the price! “Could not afford to pay for a twenty-fourth volume of my set of Mark Twain.” Makes you aware that Woodrow Wilson’s pay as President of Princeton University was probably not what presidents of higher education receive today (regardless of inflation).
I also wonder if President Wilson asked Mr. Twain to give him an autograph when they met years later in Bermuda? (Or may be the twenty-fourth volume!)
Thank you for looking.