THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
by TWAIN, MARK (SAMUEL CLEMENS)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
HARTFORD, CT: THE AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO.. VERY GOOD+ WITHOUT D.J.. PUB 1876. HARDCOVER. ISBN: THIS IS A 1899 REPRINT IN THE ORIGINAL FORMAT AS ORIGINAL EDITION WITH. ISBN: FRONTISPIECE AND 159 VIGNETTES IN TEXT.. ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH COVERED BOARDS STAMPED IN GILT AND BLACK, TITLESAND DECORATIONS, TO THE SPINE AND COVERS WITH CREAM COLORED ENDPAPERS.BOOK HAS SOME MODEST SOIL, A RUBBED SPOT ON THE FRONT COVER, SOME LIGHTRUB ON THE REAR COVER, SPINE HEEL CHIPPED AND NICELY REPAIRED, SPINESLIGHTLY DARKENED, SPINE GILT ALSO SLIGHTLY DULLED, AND MODERATE SOILINGTHROUGHOUT THE TEXT (ORIGINAL OWNER WAS APPARENTLY A PIPE SMOKER) ANEXCELLENT WELL PRESERVED AND TIGHT COPY OF THIS ATTRACTIVE HIGHLIGHT OFAMERICAN NINETEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE.. Keywords: AMERICAN LITERATURE, 19TH CENTURY LIT.
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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- Bookseller
- JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- COLLECTI011107I
- Title
- THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
- Author
- TWAIN, MARK (SAMUEL CLEMENS)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- THE AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO.
- Place of Publication
- HARTFORD, CT
- Date Published
- PUB 1876
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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