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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens). Illustrated By Worth Brehm
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1938. Copyright 1938, this book most likely from the early 1940s. Illustrated with a full color frontis and eight additional plates in black and white. Black cloth with color illustration mounted on the front cover, gilt spine lettering, no dustjacket. Fair to good with some edgewear, spine lettering clearly legible, good hinges, text block sound, pages slightly age-yellowed but clean, gift notation dated 1943 on front free endppaer, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [1.25] and has considerable wear and chipping, mainly to the top edges and spine foot, fair only.. Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043825
- Title
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Author
- Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens). Illustrated By Worth Brehm
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS CLASSIC ADVENTURE JUVENILE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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
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