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The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of all Ages
by Twain, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The John C. Winston Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1937. 1st Lawson Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, full-color paste-down by Robert Lawson on cover, illustrated endpapers. Illustrated by Robert Lawson with full-page, full-color frontispiece, duotone pictorial endpapers, ten full-page duotone plates as well as numerous B&W in-text drawings. . A couple of very small white dots on cover, corners very lightly bumped, else fine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. NEAR FINE. . Color, Duotone, and B&W Drawings. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 274 pp .
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
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27798
- Title
- The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of all Ages
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Illustrator
- Robert Lawson
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Lawson Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The John C. Winston Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Literature;, Fiction;, Novels;, Classics;, Mark Twain;, Historical Fiction, Illustrated Books
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Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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Glossary
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
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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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