THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
by Twain, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good; Pages Soiled, Original Blue Cloth Front Cover Blocked in Black and Gilt,
- Seller
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Hobe Sound, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Hartford, Ct: American Publishing Co. Very Good; Pages Soiled, Original Blue Cloth Front Cover Blocked in Black . and Gilt,. 1876. First Edition. Hardback. first edition with frontispiece/illustration across from title page; "1876"on title with "1875" on verso; second page of Illustrations correctly paginated "XVI;" 4 pages of publishers ads "Revised December 1st, 1876", Only inscription on ffep, "To Charlie Donohue From his Aunt Nellie on his 8th birthday March 8, 1879", PROFESSIONALLY REBOUND WITH ORIGINAL FRONT BOARD AND NEW LEATHER SPINE W/RAISED BANDS, REAR BOARD IS NEW IN MATCHING MARBLED PATTERN!!; 275 pages .
Synopsis
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, is a popular 1876 novel about a young boy growing up in the antebellum South on the Mississippi River in the town of St. Petersberg, based on the town of Hannibal, Missouri.
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On Jul 20 2012, TheRealPeterGC said:
This Book about a kid with a Extraordinary adventures.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Neil Shillington: Bookdealer & Booksearch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86488
- Title
- THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Illustrator
- illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good; Pages Soiled, Original Blue Cloth Front Cover Blocked in Black and Gilt,
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- American Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- Hartford, Ct
- Date Published
- 1876
- Keywords
- Juvenile
- Bookseller catalogs
- CLASSICS;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Neil Shillington: Bookdealer & Booksearch
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Hobe Sound, Florida
About Neil Shillington: Bookdealer & Booksearch
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- Rebound
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- New
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Soiled
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- A.N.
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This Book’s Categories
- Children & Juvenile Children’s Fiction & Literature
- Fiction & Literature Fiction by Region American Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Classic Literature
- Fiction & Literature Historical Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Individual Authors Mark Twain
- Children & Juvenile Juvenile & Young Adult Juvenile Fiction & Literature Juvenile Classics