The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
by VAUGHAN, Keith (illustrates). TWAIN, Mark
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- first
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- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paul Elek, London., 1947. First edition thus. Octavo. 232 pages. Illustrated with numerous drawings, some full-page, by Keith Vaughan. Eight page Introduction by Graham Hutton. A title in the Camden Classics series.Small ownership signature on front free endpaper. Free endpapers partially tanned. Cheap paper tanning as always, but less so than usual. Head and tail of spine a bit bumped. Very good in very good dustwrapper rubbed and slightly nicked at the edges.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- VAUGHANK015625
- Title
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
- Author
- VAUGHAN, Keith (illustrates). TWAIN, Mark
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Paul Elek, London.
- Date Published
- 1947
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Peter Ellis bookseller
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