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CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910). The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1876.
8o (214 x 163 mm). 4-page publisher's advertisement at end. Lithographic frontispiece and illustrations in text. (Some light marginal soiling.) Original blue cloth, covers blocked in black and gilt, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine (shaken, some wear at extremities). Provenance: Estelle Doheny (paper bookplate).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. BAL 3369; Johnson High Spots 23; Peter Parley to Penrod, pp. 43-44.
[With:]
CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
Small 4o (215 x 165 mm). Lithographic frontispiece by E.W. Kemble, photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt (adhesion in lower right corner), illustrations in text. Original pictorial green cloth, blocked and lettered in gilt and black (some light wear at extremities). Provenance: Frederick W. Skiff (bookplate) -- Estelle Doheny (paper bookplate).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, with early issue points: frontispiece portrait in state 1, title in state 2, p.13 in state 1, p.57 in state 1, p.283 in state 3, p.155 in state 1. BAL 3415; Grolier American 87; Johnson/Clemens, pp.43-50; Johnson High Spots 23; Peter Parley to Penrod, pp.75-76. (2)
8o (214 x 163 mm). 4-page publisher's advertisement at end. Lithographic frontispiece and illustrations in text. (Some light marginal soiling.) Original blue cloth, covers blocked in black and gilt, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine (shaken, some wear at extremities). Provenance: Estelle Doheny (paper bookplate).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. BAL 3369; Johnson High Spots 23; Peter Parley to Penrod, pp. 43-44.
[With:]
CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
Small 4o (215 x 165 mm). Lithographic frontispiece by E.W. Kemble, photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt (adhesion in lower right corner), illustrations in text. Original pictorial green cloth, blocked and lettered in gilt and black (some light wear at extremities). Provenance: Frederick W. Skiff (bookplate) -- Estelle Doheny (paper bookplate).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, with early issue points: frontispiece portrait in state 1, title in state 2, p.13 in state 1, p.57 in state 1, p.283 in state 3, p.155 in state 1. BAL 3415; Grolier American 87; Johnson/Clemens, pp.43-50; Johnson High Spots 23; Peter Parley to Penrod, pp.75-76. (2)