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TWAIN. MARK.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Frontispiece and text

illustrations by E.W. Kemble, photogravure plate of a portrait bust by Karl Gerhardt (BAL

state 1). 8vo, publisher’s green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and black, few stray marks to

covers, spine tips and corners rubbed with slight exposure; slightly shaken with hinge start-

ing, minimal foxing internally.

NewYork: Charles L.Webster, 1885

[1,200/1,800]

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION

.

With BAL first state points: page [13] with illustration caption incorrect

(“88”), page 57 reads “with the was”; page 155 state 3 (final 5 extending below the line), third state

point for page 283 (leaf is a cancel, with vertical line on trousers); “Decided” on p. [9]. MacDonnell,

Firsts, vol. 8, no. 7/8, 1998; BAL 3415; Peter Parley to Penrod pp. 75-76.

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TWAIN, MARK.

The Prince and the Pauper.

Facsimile holograph and wood-

engraved frontispiece, numerous text illustrations, chapter vignettes. 8vo, publisher’s green

pictorial cloth gilt, corners bumped, some light scuff marks primarily to rear cover; con-

tents clean.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882

[800/1,200]

FIRST EDITION

,

FIRST ISSUE WITH UNCORRECTED TEXT

;

p. 124, line 1 reading “estate”; p. 263 “do

not”; p. 362 “reigned.” Franklin Press imprint on verso of title page. BAL 3402; Johnson p. 39-41.

254

254

TWAIN, MARK.

The Tragedy

of Pudd’nhead Wilson.

Illustrated with

author portrait frontispiece; marginal

drawings throughout. 8vo, publisher’s rust

cloth gilt; ownership inscription to first

blank; cloth slipcase.

FINE COPY OF THE

FIRST EDITION

,

FIRST ISSUE

. BAL 3442.

Hartford:American Publishing Co., 1894

[400/600]