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TWAIN, MARK.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Wood-engraved fron-

tispiece and text vignettes by True Williams and others, peach endpapers, publisher’s

catalogue bound in at rear. 4to, original blue cloth stamped in gilt and black, slightly

shaken, extremities rubbed with exposure to spine tips and corners, light soiling; 5mm ser-

rated tear to blank portion of half-title, few leaves with closed tears to lower blank margins,

occasional dog-ear, few stains to endleaves with contents generally clean.

Hartford:The American Publishing Company, 1876

[4,000/6,000]

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION

FIRST ISSUE

printed on wove paper with half-title a separate leaf and

blank on the verso. BAL 3369; Grolier 100 American 79; Johnson, pp 27-30.