xv, [16]-575 + [2] ad pp. Drawings by Dan Beard throughout. 8½x6½, original olive green cloth, decorated in gilt and gray-blue, lettered in gilt. First Edition, Second Issue.

With an autograph letter signed from the illustrator of this book, Dan Beard. On The Society of Illustrators letterhead, address to fellow illustrator Mr. Stedman. In the letter he asks his friend to drop by the Aldine Club in NYC to visit with other illustrators and Mark Twain himself! No S-like ornament on page 59 between The and King. Publisher's "S" cloth edition. BAL 3429.