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 2). 4to, publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and black, extremities rubbed with light exposure, bottom corners damp stained; ownership stamp to front flyleaf, some foxing and toning, heaviest to front and end matter; custom clamshell box. First American edition, with plain card signed and inscribed by the author laid in: "Truly yours Mark Twain [underline flourish]." With the following first issue points: page [9] with "Decided"; page [13] illustration caption incorrect; and p. 57 ("with the was"); the title-page and p. 283 are cancels. The other known points "are of no significance in determining the sequence of the printing of the sheets. All of these occur at random in relation to each other within copies of the first printing, a strong indicator of the use of multiple plates, and possibly mixed sheets within the collating process" (MacDonnell, Firsts, vol. 8, no. 7/8, 1998, p. 31). BAL 3415. New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885