THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
CLEMENS, Samuel. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
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CLEMENS, Samuel. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
4o. Lithographic frontispiece by E.W. Kemble, photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt, illustrations in text. Original green gilt-decorated pictorial cloth (rear hinge starting, some wear at extremities). Provenance: K. Krauslach (signature on front free endpaper and rear pastedown); bookseller's stamp on rear pastedown.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. With early issue points: first state of p. 57 with "was" for "saw"; first state of the "Him and Another Man" plate listed as being on p. 88; first state of pagination on folio 155; the title leaf is a cancel; third state of p. 283; the frontispiece is in first state. BAL 3415.
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FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. With early issue points: first state of p. 57 with "was" for "saw"; first state of the "Him and Another Man" plate listed as being on p. 88; first state of pagination on folio 155; the title leaf is a cancel; third state of p. 283; the frontispiece is in first state. BAL 3415.