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Title: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) Author: Twain, Mark Place: New York Publisher: Charles L. Webster Date: 1885 Description: 366 pp. Double frontispiece (including portrait), with tissue-guard, plus numerous wood engravings throughout. (8vo) original decorative green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt and black. First American Edition, early state. Fine copy of the first edition of the quintessential classic of 19th century American literature. The present copy exhibits the following issue points: title leaf is a cancel with copyright notice dated 1884 (second state overall, but the first state was only seen in a prospectus and set of advance sheets); the illustration captioned "Him and another Man" incorrectly listed as at p.88 on page [13] (first state); 11th line from bottom of p.57 reads "...with the was..." (first state); p. 283 is conjugate with leaf 18[3], the engraving redone (fourth state overall, but the second known state in cloth-bound copies), the final 5 in the numeration of page 155 is slightly larger than the first (third state); leaf 23-8 is present as a blank, first state of the frontispiece of Twain's bust (imprint of Heliotype with tablecloth visible and without sculptor's name on shoulder). BAL 3415. Lot Amendments Condition: Minor wear to binding; a fine and bright copy, much better than typically encountered, among the nicest we've seen. Item number: 288899