Twain, Mark, THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885), 366pp., octavo (8 5/8 x 6.75 in.), half brown morocco over marbled boards, tooled and gilt spine, an early issue with the following internal diagnostic points: Frontis portrait a later state with Heliotype Printing Co. imprint and Karl Gerhardt, Jr. added to the shoulder; 1884 copyright on title page verso; the illustration "Him and another Man" incorrectly listed as on p. 88; "with the was" on the 11th line of p. 57; the final "5" is lacking on p. 155; original version of p. 283 illustration with a curved fly.

Wear to leather elements; marbled boards with several small marks; internally fine.

$600 - 900