The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0448405601
- ISBN 13
- 9780448405605
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1998 Grosset & Dunlap, New York. 1998. Hardcover. 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Illustrated Junior Library Edition. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant shelfwear to tail and lower tips. No DJ but does have the original vinyl book cover in Near Fine shape with a small nick at the head. Pictorial laminate boards and spine with gilt lettering in a brown shadowbox on the spine; gilt title on the front board. 317 pp tall 8vo. Written in 1876 and set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, the book covers the adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi town at the end of the 19th Century. A clean very presentable copy.
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
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015934
- Title
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Author
- Mark Twain
- Illustrator
- Donald McKay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0448405601
- ISBN 13
- 9780448405605
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain, Mississippi River, adolescent fiction, Huck Finn, Negroes, racism, plantation south, childhood adventures, Hannibal Missouri,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adolescent/Childrens Books;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Shelfwear
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Children & Juvenile Children’s Fiction & Literature
- Fiction & Literature Fiction by Region American Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Classic Literature
- Fiction & Literature Historical Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Individual Authors Mark Twain
- Children & Juvenile Juvenile & Young Adult Juvenile Fiction & Literature Juvenile Classics
- Children & Juvenile Children's Age-Range Ages 9-12