THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER
by Clemens, Samuel (Mark Twain)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
NY, Books Inc Circa 1950's, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo, hardcover, red boards with black lettering; pages very browned with age else VG. No dj. Looking like identical twins, two boys from very different backgrounds exchange lives. The prince becomes a pauper and the pauper, a prince. An adventurous tale. 244 pp. All pages edged in red.
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 off Pudding Lane in London, and Edward VI of England, son of Henry VIII of England.
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Details
- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54855
- Title
- THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER
- Author
- Clemens, Samuel (Mark Twain)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- NY, Books Inc Circa 1950's
- Date Published
- 1950
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
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