The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
by TWAIN, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Chatto & Windus, London., 1889. New (i.e. second U.K.) edition. First published in 1876. Octavo. pp xii, 309, 32 (catalogue dated "October, 1891"). Illustrations by True Williams. Original red pictorial cloth stamped in black, lettered in gilt. Spine faded. Cloth rubbed at outer edge of upper cover. Edges a little spotted. Very good.
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
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TWAINMAR027908
- Title
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
- Author
- TWAIN, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus, London.
- Date Published
- 1889
Terms of Sale
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- New
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- 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...
- 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....
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- Children & Juvenile Children’s Fiction & Literature
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- Fiction & Literature Individual Authors Mark Twain
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