"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", by Mark Twain, illustrated by Norman Rockwell, second by Rockwell illustrated edition, published by The Heritage Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, copyright 1940 and 1968. The Sandglass brochure is present.

Slipcase, hard boards, original publisher's cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on front board and spine; 6.1/2" x 9.3/4"; 346 pages with Rockwell's b/w chapter headings and 8 color plates on glossy paper [all listed plates are present], near fine unused condition

In 1935, George Macy, the publisher of the Heritage Press and Limited Editions Club books, invited Norman Rockwell to illustrate Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

Rockwell visited Hannibal, Missouri, Twain's boyhood town, to find authentic details to include in his work. Twain's vivid descriptions of character, setting and mood were an inspiration to the illustrator, who considered each of the writer's scenes to be "complete and perfect to the last detail."

Rockwell remembered, "These were classics. I read through the books, making notes of which scenes would make good pictures. Of course certain scenes- for instance, Tom whitewashing his Aunt Polly's fence- were required."

Rockwell purchased old clothes from the Hannibal locals to "soak up the atmosphere": "Of all the illustrators (and there were quite a few) that illustrated these novels in the past, Rockwell was the first to visit Mark Twain's home town. In typical Rockwell fashion, no amount of detail or research was ignored, faked or quickly glossed over."

Rockwell illustrated for Heritage Press two of Twain's most famous books, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" in 1936 and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in 1940.

Mark Twain (1895-1910) - pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American writer, journalist, and humorist, who won a worldwide audience for his stories of youthful adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Sensitive to the sound of language, Twain introduced colloquial speech into American fiction.

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