The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

by Clemens, Samuel L

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (born Samuel Langhorne Clemens) is a popular novel about a young boy growing up in the antebellum South on the Mississippi River in the town of St. Petersberg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri, a town of Twain's youth. Tom Sawyer satirizes adult conventions to paint an idyllic picture of boyhood life. Sequels and other works by Twain featuring Tom Sawyer include Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894), and Tom Sawyer Detective (1896).

First Edition Identification

Though it is considered one of the most durable works in American Literature, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was actually first published in London by Chatto and Windus in June of 1876. It wasn't until six months later, in June of 1876, that the first American edition was published by American Publishing Co. in Hartford, Connecticut. However, the first American edition can sell for upwards of $90,000, while the true first editions sell for closer to $10,000.

Other Collectible or Notable Editions

The first Canadian edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published by Belford Brothers in Toronto in 1876. This edition precedes the first American edition, but sells for around $800.

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Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The

by Samuel L. Clemens

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Inscribed FLEP, Heavily Toned, no flaking, else content appears as unblemished with gray, black decorated, cloth covered board displaying significant surface/edge wear, as shown. Still a very acceptable book. Gutters have been refurbished. Mischief and mayhem abound wherever the eponymous Tom Sawyer goes. From tricking his local peers into completing his household chores to cleverly acquiring a Sunday School prize to… Read more about this item
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: A Complete Edition of the Famous Story
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Akron, OH: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1931. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Corinne Ringel Bailey. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, full image decoration on front board quarter bound in red cloth to spine. Exterior shows scuffing and soiling along with edge and corner bumps/wear. There is also yellowing to the paper covered boards.… Read more about this item
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Chicago: M.A.Donahue & Co, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Illustrated with color plates. Gift inscription, crown torn, very good.
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Chicago: The Goldsmith Publishing Company, N.D. [1930?]. Hardcover. pp. 251. 8vo., measuring 7.5"x5". Illustrated red cloth boards. Black and white illustrations. Light age-toning to pages otherwise clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. Unusually, this title does not list Clemens' pseudonym Mark Twain as author.
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Minster Classics, 1967. Paperback. Good. 1967. No Edition Stated. 320 pages. Paperback book. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
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Minster Classics, Lancer Books, 1967. Paperback. Good. 1967. No Edition Stated. 320 pages. Paperback book. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and… Read more about this item
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1932
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Washington D,C.: National Home Library Foundation (Jacket Library), 1932. The first "Jacket Library" edition of this book -- bound in stiff orange wraps. An early "paperback" production. 253 pp. . First Thus. Soft Cover. VG/No Jacket.
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1963
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N. Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1963. pictorial hard cover is in very good condition with mild rub to back cover with no dust jacket. has a pencil erased name on front fly page otherwise is unmarked and tightly bound.282 pages.. Reprint. Pictorial Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Jo Polseno. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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New York: The Heritage Reprints, 1936. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Norman Rockwell. 283pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering and Tom Sawyer image to front board. Spine and board edges faded, contents lightly age-toned but clean and no markings, tight binding. 8 color plate illustrations by Norman Rockwell.
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NY: Books Inc.. Another collector's must. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . VG. Red Cloth. ARt-Type Edition..
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by Samuel L. Clemens

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