by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885, containing all relevant first state points (pg. 9 "Decided" for "Decides", pg. 13 "Him and another Man" illustration noted as page 88 instead of 87, pg. 57 line 23 "with the was" in place of "with the saw"), bound in publisher's original green blindstamped and gilt cloth, [iv], 366, [iv], 8vo, 8-3/4 x 1-1/4 x 7 in.
Provenance: Thomas A. Lyons Fine Books, Neenah, Wisconsin (writeup loose to book); Property of a South Carolina Collector
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Thomas A. Lyons Fine Books, Neenah, Wisconsin (writeup loose to book); Property of a South Carolina Collector
wear to extremities, binding shaken, bottom of front hinge beginning, some scuffs and areas of fraying along edges, corners bumped with losses, some penciled notations to front and rear fly papers, moisture marks to top corners of prefatory pages not affecting text, small closed tear to fore edge of frontis not affecting image, text block toned but otherwise in overall very good condition
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