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The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages.
by Mark Twain
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Bluffton, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: John C. Winston Company, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Robert Lawson. Not the Winston edition with the pictorial paste-on, this is copyright 1937 with no additional printings noted. 8vo, red cloth with black illustration and gold shield with black titles, repeated on spine, blue and turquoise illustrated endpapers, color frontispiece, 10 other 2-color full-page illustrations and additional text drawings throughout, 274 pages to include 6 pages of notes at end, preface by Robert Lawson. Condition is VERY GOOD- / no jacket: rubbing to edges and corners, a few small tears at spine head, both front and read hinge are cracked with webbing exposed but the textblock remains tight and is internally clean throughout. Better than all this sounds, and a delightful tale by Twain with Lawson's incomparable illustrations. Uncommon binding.
Synopsis
The Prince and the Pauper is an English language novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada before its 1882 publication in the United States. The book represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. Set in 1547, the novel tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive father in Offal Court, London, and Edward VI of England, son of Henry VIII of England.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bygone Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17828
- Title
- The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages.
- Author
- Mark Twain
- Illustrator
- Robert Lawson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John C. Winston Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1937
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ROBERT LAWSON,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Children's Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bygone Books
Biblio member since 2004
Bluffton, South Carolina
About Bygone Books
A closed shop of fine used and collectible books with specialties in Literature, Children's, Domestic Arts, Decorative Arts, and Great Britain.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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- Fiction & Literature Fiction by Region American Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Classic Literature
- Fiction & Literature Historical Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Individual Authors Mark Twain
- Fiction & Literature Literary Studies
- Children & Juvenile Juvenile & Young Adult Juvenile Fiction & Literature Juvenile Classics
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