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Huckleberry Finn, Leather, 1885 First Edition

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Huckleberry Finn, Leather, 1885 First Edition
TWAIN, MARK [CLEMENS, SAMUEL LANGHORNE].  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. 8vo. Sheepskin with red and black gilt labels to spine. plain endpapers. This volume appears to be First State, having the following points: p. 13 the illustration captioned "Him and another Man" is listed at p. 88; p. 57 eleventh line from the bottom reads "...with the wars..."; p. 155 the final "5" in page number is "stamped-in"; frontispiece portrait marked "Heliotype Printing Company"; 1884 copyright date is on verso of title page; p. 9 heading for Ch. 6 reads "Decided"; p. 143 illustrated "I" in first line is missing and "b" in "body" line 7 is broken; there is no signature mark on p. 11.  Fair-Good. Both the front and back covers are nearly detached. The spine and labels are rubbed/worn, and there is a corner of leather loss at the head of the spine. Light scratches on covers, peeling to leather surface on back. Corners are worn, with the boards showing through. Toning and occasional foxing, light dampstain to pp. 51, 123, 193, some other small areas of light soiling, but overall pages good.