Twain, Mark.

ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN: (Tom Sawyer's Comrade); [Earliest state in lovely binding by Bayntun-Riviere].

New York: Charles L. Webster and Co., 1885. First edition, earliest state of the cloth issue. Rebound in lovely full-leather binding by Bayntun-Riviere with portions of original covers and spine bound in at rear. First state points from various sources present in this copy are as follow: title page and page 283 cancels; frontispiece portrait with cloth under bust visible and "Heliotype" imprint; p.(9) "Decided" in chapter heading for chapter six; p.(13) "Him and another man" listed incorrectly at page 88; page 57, line 11 up "...with the was..."; page 59, line 7 up last word in sentence "le" and line 6 up "d" in "would" in broken type with top of stem pointing to left; page 143 "l" missing in "Col" in illustration at top line of text, and line 7 with "b" in "body" broken. 8vo full green leather with all edges tooled in gilt, ornately gilt-tooled inner dentelles on leather turn-ins, covers boarded in gilt; five gilt-tooled raised spine bands with 3 gilt compartments for title, author, and date, and four with fleur-de-lis cornered box design; green marbled endpapers; all page edges gilt. Near fine with front joint tender, foxing to first blank and half-title page.
Item #72330

Price: $9,500.00