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First Printing in Original Publisher's Sheep

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1876.

First edition, first printing. Half-title and frontispiece on different leaves. Follows the BAL collation. Wove paper. Octavo. xvi, [275].

Original full sheep. Expertly recased, retaining original boards and much of the original backstrip. Raised bands. Morocco title label with gilt lettering to spine. New endpapers (matching the peach color of the original) and fly leaves. Moderate foxing throughout, a few pages dog-eared. Very good.

BAL 3369.


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February, 2010
11th-12th Thursday-Friday
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Sold on Feb 11, 2010 for: $4,200.00
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