From Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 19 August 1998
About this Item
First edition. First Issue. With one-hundred and sixty black and white illustrations of such memorables as Injun Joe, Aunt Polly, Becky Thatcher, and of course Tom Sawyer. Square 8vo, handsomely bound in half morocco over marbled paper covered boards, the spine with raised bands gilt stopped and ruled, red morocco lettering label gilt. xvi, 275, [4] ads. pp. A very bright and handsome copy. The true first issue with the recto of the frontispiece blank, pages xii, xiii and xvi the only numbered preliminary pages, printed on wove paper and bulking correctly for the first issue. Without the half-title and one preliminary leaf remargined and with some toning to the outer edge of the leaf, some of the expected spotting or mellowing occasionally present. THE IMPORTANT AND RARE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. THIS COPY HANDSOMELY BOUND IN HALF-MOROCCO. THIS GREAT AMERICAN LANDMARK is the first novel in which the hero is a boy and the boy is the hero throughout. TOM SAWYER is now thought to be, along with HUCKLEBERRY FINN, one of the great stepping stones to the modern American novel. It, like Whitman s LEAVES OF GRASS and Melville s MOBY DICK, typifies and describes the American spirit. It lies at that very special moment in history when America, having challenged its past sets off on the new adventures that will force it into the coming century and the great expansion of its democratic spirit. To this day, it remains a cornerstone of American literature. The true first edition, first issue is a much sought after book and it has proven to be a high spot of any great collection of world literature, difficult to obtain and a great prize once one has done so. Seller Inventory # 31806
Bibliographic Details
Title: ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
Publisher: Hartford The American Publishing Co. 1876
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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