CLEMENS, Samuel L. ("Mark Twain," 1835-1910). The Adventures of Tom Sawyer . Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1876.
CLEMENS, Samuel L. ("Mark Twain," 1835-1910). The Adventures of Tom Sawyer . Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1876. 8 o . Wood engraved frontispiece and numerous illustrations in text by True Williams and others, 4-page publisher's advertisements at end. (Some light spotting, heaviest at beginning and end.) Original blue cloth, blocked in gilt and black, peach endpapers, plain edges (spine lightly toned, some light rubbing to corners and ends of spine, small hole and scuff on lower hinge). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, printed on wove paper, versos of half-title and preface blank. "The irresponsibility, the love of odd adventure, and the sense of natural justice as opposed to the village code, which characterize the heroes of this book and its sequel Huckleberry Finn , presented a sharp contrast to the Sunday School or rags-to-riches literature which was then the common fare doled out to children... these books let fresh air into the minds of parents who had shut the door on their own childhood, and they will be classics the world over as long as there are boys" (Grolier American 79). BAL 3369; Johnson p. 27; Peter Parley to Penrod 43.
CLEMENS, Samuel L. ("Mark Twain," 1835-1910). The Adventures of Tom Sawyer . Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1876.
CLEMENS, Samuel L. ("Mark Twain," 1835-1910). The Adventures of Tom Sawyer . Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1876. 8 o . Wood engraved frontispiece and numerous illustrations in text by True Williams and others, 4-page publisher's advertisements at end. (Some light spotting, heaviest at beginning and end.) Original blue cloth, blocked in gilt and black, peach endpapers, plain edges (spine lightly toned, some light rubbing to corners and ends of spine, small hole and scuff on lower hinge). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, printed on wove paper, versos of half-title and preface blank. "The irresponsibility, the love of odd adventure, and the sense of natural justice as opposed to the village code, which characterize the heroes of this book and its sequel Huckleberry Finn , presented a sharp contrast to the Sunday School or rags-to-riches literature which was then the common fare doled out to children... these books let fresh air into the minds of parents who had shut the door on their own childhood, and they will be classics the world over as long as there are boys" (Grolier American 79). BAL 3369; Johnson p. 27; Peter Parley to Penrod 43.
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