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366 pp. Double frontispiece (including portrait), with tissue-guard, plus numerous wood engravings throughout. (8vo) 21.5x16.3 cm (8½x6½"), original decorative green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt and black. First American Edition, early state.

First edition of the quintessential classic of 19th century American literature. The present copy exhibits the following issue points: title leaf is a cancel, with copyright notice dated 1884 (second state, the first state appearing only in the prospectus); the illustration captioned "Him and another Man" [p.13] listed as p.88 (first state); 11th line from bottom of p.57 reads "...with the was..." (first state); p. 283 is an integral leaf with the corrected engraving (fourth state); the final 5 in the numeration of page 155 is slightly larger than the previous 5 (third state); leaf 23-8 is present as a blank, first state of the frontispiece portrait (imprint of Heliotype with tablecloth visible). BAL 3415.