first edition Hardcover
1885 · New York
by Twain, Mark [Samuel Clemens]
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, [1]-366 pages. In Fair condition. Bound in green cloth with gilt and black lettering and decoration. Boards show rubbing to corners exposing boards, bumping to corners, fraying to spine edges, boards exposed along tail edges, head edge of spine partially chipped off, and mild to moderate edge and shelf wear. Binding somewhat shaken. Text block has splitting to interior hinges, light age toning, last page of illustration list detached, light gray staining on some forward pages, and tearing to fore edge of some forward pages. Points includes: List of illustrations has page 88 rather than page 87, "was" instead of "saw" on page 57, last 5 in 155 on page 155 set slightly lower than other numbers, Leaf 23 8 pasted under Terminal endpaper, and earliest portrait frontispiece with "Heliotype Printing Co." BAL 3415. [Shelved in Room G]. 1372620. Special Collections.
(Inventory #: 1372620)