The Prince and the Pauper
by Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gastonia, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Heritage Press, 1964. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Clarke Hutton. 221 pp. Spine tanned and scuffed. Slipcase sunned.
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, London, and Edward VI of England, son of Henry VIII of England.
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Details
- Seller
- Persephone's Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 001209
- Title
- The Prince and the Pauper
- Author
- Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens)
- Illustrator
- Clarke Hutton
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Pages
- 221
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Fiction Classics
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- Sunned
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- Jacket
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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This Book’s Categories
- Fiction & Literature Fiction by Region American Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Classic Literature
- Fiction & Literature Historical Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Individual Authors Mark Twain
- Fiction & Literature Literary Studies
- Children & Juvenile Juvenile & Young Adult Juvenile Fiction & Literature Juvenile Classics