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366 pp., blank leaf. Double frontispiece (including portrait), with tissue-guard, plus wood engravings throughout. 21.5x16 cm. (8½x6½"), original decorative blue cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt and black; custom cloth slipcase & chemise. First American Edition.

Early issue of the first American of this landmark of American literature, in the rare blue cloth binding, exhibiting the following points: title leaf is a cancel, with copyright notice dated 1884 (second state, but the first state was only seen in a prospectus and set of advance sheets); 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 a cancel, with corrected engraving (third state, but earlier states are virtually unobtainable); the final 5 in p.155 extends slightly below the other numerals (third state); leaf 23-8 is present as a blank; second state of the frontispiece portrait (imprint of Heliotype Printing Company, with tablecloth not visible, bust signed Karl Gerhardt Sc. on the finished edge of the shoulder). BAL 3415.