The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Camden, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The American Publishing Co, 1898. early reprint ed. hardcover. Good. 8vo, dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and black embossed decoration, spine faded, new endpapers, first pages through table of contents page professionally replaced with mimeo-graphed copies, library stamp on copied title page, no other library markings, binding is tight, a few smudges on interior pages, and professional repair on top edge of one page, illustrated with engravings, 275 pages" .
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Stone Soup Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13734
- Title
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Author
- Mark Twain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- early reprint ed
- Publisher
- The American Publishing Co
- Date Published
- 1898
Terms of Sale
Stone Soup Books
Books are returnable within 14 days. Full refund upon return.
About the Seller
Stone Soup Books
Biblio member since 2004
Camden, Maine
About Stone Soup Books
Established in 1982, Stone Soup Books is a small secondhand bookstore owned by Paul and Agnes Joy in the coastal town of Camden in Maine. With 25,000 books we cater mainly to readers with a large selection of current and classic paperbacks. We also have large sections of nautical, exploration, Maine, gardening, cookbooks, photography, and art books. Our internet stock includes out of print hardcover books, older children's books, and modern first editions.
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Reprint
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- New
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- Title Page
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This Book’s Categories
- Children & Juvenile Children’s Fiction & Literature
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- Fiction & Literature Classic Literature
- Fiction & Literature Historical Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Individual Authors Mark Twain
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