Description
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's comrade). New York: Charles Webster and Company, 1885. First edition, first state, 8vo., illustrations in the text, contemporary half morocco, marbled boards, wear to head of spine and joints rubbed
Footnote
Note: The traditional issue points on this book are now known to be excessively complicated. The first printing of 30,000 copies was done using electrotype plates, produced simultaneously on different presses, hence minor variations within the first printing due to damaged plates. Only three substantive changes were introduced after the first printing: at p. 13 the erroneous page reference "88" was changed to "87"; at p. 57 the misprint "with the was" was corrected to "with the saw"; and at p. 9 the misprint "Decided" was corrected to "Decides. " These are the only points to distinguish between the first two printings, and the present copy has all three in first state.