CLEMENS, Samuel L. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Stories . Edited by John Paul [Charles Henry Webb]. New York: John A. Gray & Green for C.H. Webb, 1867. 12 o. Original red bevelled cloth, with gilt frog at lower left of the front cover, blind impression of the frog at lower left on rear cover, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine (worn). FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, SECOND ISSUE, without the leaf of ads and with broken type on pages 21, 66 and 198. BAL 3310; Seven Gables First Books 58. [ With: ] CLEMENS, Samuel L. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) . New York: J.J. Little and Co. for Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. Small 4 o. Lithographic frontispiece by E.W. Kemble, photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt illustrations in text. Original pictorial green cloth, blocked and lettered in gilt and black (some light wear at extremities). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, with the following issue points: frontispiece portrait in state 1, title in state 2, p.13 in state 1, p.57 in state 1, p.155 in state 1, p.283 in state 3. BAL 3415; Grolier American 87; Johnson/ Clemens , pp.43-50; Johnson High Spots 23; Peter Parley to Penrod , pp.75-76. (2)
CLEMENS, Samuel L. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Stories . Edited by John Paul [Charles Henry Webb]. New York: John A. Gray & Green for C.H. Webb, 1867. 12 o. Original red bevelled cloth, with gilt frog at lower left of the front cover, blind impression of the frog at lower left on rear cover, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine (worn). FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, SECOND ISSUE, without the leaf of ads and with broken type on pages 21, 66 and 198. BAL 3310; Seven Gables First Books 58. [ With: ] CLEMENS, Samuel L. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) . New York: J.J. Little and Co. for Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. Small 4 o. Lithographic frontispiece by E.W. Kemble, photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt illustrations in text. Original pictorial green cloth, blocked and lettered in gilt and black (some light wear at extremities). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, with the following issue points: frontispiece portrait in state 1, title in state 2, p.13 in state 1, p.57 in state 1, p.155 in state 1, p.283 in state 3. BAL 3415; Grolier American 87; Johnson/ Clemens , pp.43-50; Johnson High Spots 23; Peter Parley to Penrod , pp.75-76. (2)
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