Thick octavo, 432 pages. In Very Good condition.Bound in publisher's brown cloth with black tooling and gilt titling. Slight bumping to corners. Boards show minimal soiling and very mild rubbing to lower edges. Frontispiece photograph of Twain included, along with beautiful engravings framing every page. With a short introduction by Mark Twain. First state, with conjugate title page, gatherings 1-2, 4, 6-8 unsigned, frontispiece with facsimile signature 1-7/16 inches wide, and text block measuring 1 1/8 inches. The preferred American edition, published simultaneously with the English. Shelved in Case 2.