MARK TWAIN FIRST EDITION VOLUME, (1) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). New York: Charles L. Webster and Co., 1885. Mixed state of first year of publication, frontispiece with no cloth showing at base of Twain's bust, most of the various typos and errors corrected, although no gathering signature on p. 161, usually described as an early feature. Together with (2) The Prince and the Pauper. Charles L. Webster and Co., 1885. Later edition. Both in publisher's near matching bindings. Two volumes total.
(1) Good condition, foxing to frontispiece, otherwise mostly clean, binding with bumping and wear to extremities. (2) Very good plus condition, tight and clean.
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