The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer (1876 First Issue With All Points, Disbound) by Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens) - 1876

Hartford / Chicago / Cincinnati / San Francisco: The American Publishing Company / A. Roman & Co. , 1876. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Poor. 9 1/8" Tall. Frontispiece, Illustrations In Text. Blue Cloth. First Edition. 2 Preliminary Blanks On Laid Paper (One Blank Is Missing), Xvi, [17]-274, [1], [1, Blank], 4 Pp Publisher's Ads Dated "Revised December 1, 1876". Laid Endpapers, Wove Pages, Half Title And Frontispiece Printed On Separate Pages, Contents Page On Right And Not On Back Of Preface Page, Second Page Of Contents Numbered Xii, Third Page Of Contents Numbered Xiii, Second Page Of Illustrations Numbered Xvi. All Edges Gilt.This Book Has Been Read To Pieces: Spine And Front Cover And First Blank Free Endpaper Are Missing, The Entire Binding Is Partly Broken With Many Pages And Signatures Loose, All Pages Worn At Edges With Some Short Tears, Many Pages With Finger-Soiling, Pp 71/72 With Horizontal 4 1/2" Tear Through The Illustrations, And The Upper Corner Of P. 127 Has Been Torn Loose And Is Reattached To The Page With A Pin; All Three Rear Free Blanks, And Peach-Colored Rear Endpapers And Blue Cloth Rear Cover Printed In Black Are Still Present.