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TWAIN, MARK. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Lithographic frontispiece and text illustrations by E.W. Kemble, photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt (few small chips to fore- and bottom-margins). Small 4to, contemporary full blue morocco by Bayntun Riviere, Cosway-style binding with author portrait medallion under glass, fleuron cornerpiece designs within gilt frames, spine gilt in compartments, front cover and spine faded slightly, front joint repaired, wide gilt turn-ins, silk moiré endpapers; tiny ink spot to fore-edges with negligible ink bleed to margin of a few preliminaries; original blue cloth covers and spine bound in at end; slipcased. New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885
first american edition in splendid cosway-style binding retaining the scarce original blue cloth covers. Early issue points include: frontispiece portrait with tablecloth visible; page [9] with "Decided"; p. [13], illustration caption incorrect and p. 57 ("with the was"), p. 155 (final 5 absent), all first states; and p. 283 state 4. BAL 3415; Peter Parley to Penrod, pp. 75-76; MacDonnell, Firsts, vol. 8, no. 7/8, 1998, p. 31.
