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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.

First edition of the quintessential classic of 19th century American literature. The present copy exhibits the following issue points: title leaf is a cancel. Copyright notice dated 1884 (second state); 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 larger than the first and slightly below the others (third state); leaf 23-8 is present as a blank; first state of the frontispiece portrait (imprint of Heliotype with tablecloth visible). Previous owner's bookplate with early bookstore stamp on front pastedown.