8vo (215 x 161 mm). Lithographic frontispiece by E. W. Kemble, photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt (BAL state 2), illustrations in text. (Some spotting or staining throughout.) Original publisher's half morocco, marbled boards, marbled edges (rebacked, preserving most of original spine); half morocco folding case. 

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, mixed state, with the following issue points: the frontispiece is in the second state; the title leaf in the third state; first state of p. 13 with "Him and Another Man" plate listed as being on p. 88; first state of p. 57 with "was"; first state of pagination on p. 155; with final blank 23/8. BAL 3415; Johnson, p. 43-50.