$1,000
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885. 8vo, publisher's green cloth stamped in black and gilt, rebacked retaining original spine, double frontispiece (including portrtait - second state). First American edition, early issue, with cancelled title page, "was" for "saw" on p. 57, illustration at p. 87 incorrectly keyed to p. 88, no final 5 on p. 155, "decided" on p. 9, p. 283 is a conjugate leaf with the corrected engraving, p. 161 signature number lacking, final leaf blank and on a stub, "touched" on p. 58 and broken type on p. 59 "would," "le" on p. 59, second state portrait by the Heliotype Printing Co., New York, the sculptor's name on the bust, and no cloth or table visible. Portrait detached; chipping to edges of preliminaries and small tear to frontispieces; pencilled manuscript notation to endpapers.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2014-03-27
