$2,500
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885. 8vo, original pictorial blue cloth stamped and lettered in gilt and black. First American edition. Early issue of the first edition, in the rare blue cloth binding, as opposed to the much more common green cloth. The book exhibits the following states: title leaf is a cancel with copyright notice dated 1884 (second state, but the first state was only seen in a prospectus and set of advance sheets - no copies of the first state have been observed in the published edition); heading for chapter 6 reads "Huck Decided" instead of "Huck Decides"; the illustration captioned "Him and another man" is listed on page 88; "with the was" on p. 57; final 5 p. 155 lacking; signature mark 11 missing on p. 161; final leaf is blank; frontispiece portrait table cloth not visible, Karl Gerhardt on side, and Heliotype Printing Co. imprint. Minor rubbing to boards; text block shifting at the center; 1-inch tear to p. 193; some minor foxing.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2012-11-07
