first edition Hardcover
1885 · New York
by Twain, Mark [Clemens, Samuel L.]
New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. First Edition, First State. Hardcover. Octavo, 366 pages; VG-; spine dark green with yellow lettering and a yellow box with black lettering, bound in publishers decorated green cloth; some bumping and shelfwear, including board edges and head and tail of spine; some minor staining and foxing; ex libris bookplate on inside front board, a name written in blue ink right above; half title detached but present; All common early issue points present. A full list follows: 1: Copyright notice dated 1884, title page 1885. 2: pp.13: "Him and another man" listed incorrectly at pp.88. 3: p. 57: 11 up: "with the was." 4: pp. 155, final 5 absent on page number. 5: p. 161, signature mark 11 absent. 6: Portrait frontispiece; cloth under bust visible; "Heliotype" imprint. 7: pp143. "l" missing in Col. That is part of the illustration; the word "body" has a broken b (missing the top of the letter) line 7; VK consignment; shelved case 2. 1260495. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
(Inventory #: 1260495)