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Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Facsimile reprint of the original 1876 edition published by The American Publishing Company. Volume in As New condition. Slipcase in Very Good condition--lightest wear only. A beautiful copy.
Seller: A Book By Its Cover, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$210.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition Clamshell Collecor's Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Twain Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER. Custom Clamshell Case.Hartford, Conn; The American Publishing Company, [1876 Book Date]. Modern Custom Crafted Clamshell Case [Not with Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team; gilt stamped title piece, finished in black & brown Nuba® with 'sculpted' design on the side. TBCL Custom Craft available. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck leather. An excellent Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for OVER 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
. Mark Twain Tom Sawyer 1st Canadian Ed. 1876 book w/ Trollope 1st Golden Lion. , 1876.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: (Old Books, 19th Century Books, Leather Books Bindings, Fiction, Literature, Collected Volumes, Mark Twain, Anthony Trollope). The Golden Lion of Granpere, by Anthony Trollope. Published 1872, Toronto by Hunter, Rose & Co.177 pages. Text in English. First Canadian Edition, scarce. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain. Published 1876, Toronto by Belford Brothers, Publishers.341 pages. Text in English. First Canadian Edition, precedes the American Edition. Old Times on the Mississippi, by Mark Twain. Published 1876, Toronto by Belford Brothers, Publishers.145 pages. Text in English. First Canadian Ed. Sammelband of three literary works, bound together in the 19th century. All three are first editions. Rare and unique example of this major American literary classic of boyhood from Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). Period 1/2 leather binding, raised and gilt bands, gilt title lettering and compartment decorations, marbled edges and end papers. Book remains well preserved and attractive on the shelf, split down center of leather spine, spine head chipped, book still sound, covers well attached. It displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in nice antiquarian condition, the age flaws easy to overlook or forgive. Please review photos for more detail and our best attempt to convey how this antique item survives. Book Measures c. 7" H x 5" W.[B985].
Seller: RareMapsandBooks, Dover, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, [I]-XVI, [17]-[275] pages. In Fair condition. Rebound in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Boards show mild edge wear and shelf wear. Text block has been closely trimmed to text and has mild to moderate foxing to pages, tearing and tape to fore edge of pages 33/34, non archival tape repairs on pages 77 and 97, and staining to title page. During the rebinding the frontispiece has be lost. Before the title page there is an ad leaf, or a page with an ad pasted on, but most of the ad has been removed except for the top tine that reads "How well do you know your America?." BAL 3369. Shelved in Room A. 1372607. Special Collections.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$937.50 + shipping
Description: First Canadian edition, small 8vo, pp. [6], 341, [1], [4] Belford ads; original brick red pebble-grain cloth stamped in gilt and black on upper cover and spine; cloth cracked along joints, spine a little darkened; all else very good and sound. A piracy, "almost a line for line copy of the London edition," likely issued October 6, 1876, two months prior to the American edition, but after the London edition which had appeared June 16. BAL 3609.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark.. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The American Publishing Company, Hartford, 1876.
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: FIRST EDITION, second issue. RARE, printed on laid paper with wove paper endsheets. Full blue cloth with embossed gilt design on front cover and back board. Spine is missing and the book is disbound. Lacking the front free endsheets and the fly leaf. The half-title/frontispiece leaf is loose, the other pages are still attached to the stringers. Since the pagination to the front is the determining point for issue of this book, I will list the leafs as I find them: (frontis) + (title page & copyright page) + (dedication & blank) + (preface & contents) + (xii & xiii) + (Unnumbered Illustrations page & xvi) + (Unnumbered chapter title Page & pg 18). Page 19-274. Unnumbered "Conclusion" page. Small thumbing text and small closed tears to the fronts. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER. American Publishing Co, Hartford, Ct, 1876.
Price: US$1258.54 + shipping
Description: Pages Soiled, Original Blue Cloth Front Cover Blocked in Black; first edition with frontispiece/illustration across from title page; "1876"on title with "1875" on verso; second page of Illustrations correctly paginated "XVI;" 4 pages of publishers ads "Revised December 1st, 1876", Only inscription on ffep, "To Charlie Donohue From his Aunt Nellie on his 8th birthday March 8, 1879", PROFESSIONALLY REBOUND WITH ORIGINAL FRONT BOARD AND NEW LEATHER SPINE W/RAISED BANDS, REAR BOARD IS NEW IN MATCHING MARBLED PATTERN!!; 275 pages
Seller: Neil Shillington: Bookdealer/Booksearch, hobe sound, FL, U.S.A.
Mark Twain. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The American Publishing Company, Chicago, 1876.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, second issue with the frontispiece on the verso of the half title page. Measuring approximately 8.75" x 6.75" with 273 numbered pages. This book is in poor condition. Spine is completely split at front gutter but presents nicely under a new mylar cover. Gilt lettering and design on spine and front board still full and vivid. Moderate scuffing to all edges of textblock. Christmas gift inscription on front endpaper. Minor staining to interior pages. Tom Sawyer is an orphan who lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid in the town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, sometime in the 1840s. A fun-loving boy, he frequently skips school to play or go swimming. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (K7-2).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER. American Publishing Company, Hartford, 1876.
Price: US$1975.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, second printing type A (BAL 3369). Two critical points: laid not wove paper and collation of the first "xiv"pages. Full calf, repaired in 1977 (bookbinder's invoice laid-in): rebacked with new endpapers. Corners missing some calf over board. Internals quite nice. From the private library of H.H. White with his library ticket rear pastedown and his penciled signature dated 1877 from original endpaper laid-back down onto front pastedown.
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: VERY GOOD+ WITHOUT D.J. THIS IS A 1899 REPRINT IN THE ORIGINAL FORMAT AS ORIGINAL EDITION WITH FRONTISPIECE AND 159 VIGNETTES IN TEXT. ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH COVERED BOARDS STAMPED IN GILT AND BLACK, TITLES AND DECORATIONS, TO THE SPINE AND COVERS WITH CREAM COLORED ENDPAPERS. BOOK HAS SOME MODEST SOIL, A RUBBED SPOT ON THE FRONT COVER, SOME LIGHT RUB ON THE REAR COVER, SPINE HEEL CHIPPED AND NICELY REPAIRED, SPINE SLIGHTLY DARKENED, SPINE GILT ALSO SLIGHTLY DULLED, AND MODERATE SOILING THROUGHOUT THE TEXT (ORIGINAL OWNER WAS APPARENTLY A PIPE SMOKER) AN EXCELLENT WELL PRESERVED AND TIGHT COPY OF THIS ATTRACTIVE HIGHLIGHT OF AMERICAN NINETEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE. Binding is HARDCOVER.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The American Publishing Company 1876 Hartford, 1876.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: first edition (variant) [Note points: ffep and blank, followed by half title with frontispiece on verso; "1876" on title with "1875" on verso; second page of Contents paginated "XII," third page "XIII;" second page of Illustrations correctly paginated "XVI;" publishers ads "Revised December 1st, 1876" followed by blank and fep] textblock good; some minor tears, a turned corner here and there, with a smudge or two; laid paper showing age; binding has been repaired; re-backed with original laid on; hinges reinforced; blue cloth and gilt covers well worn, corners rounded; darkened with age and handling, but intact; pagination ends with 274; wood engravings in text; this copy is not for the pecksniffian collector wanting to spend five figures for a mint, unopened example, never touched by human hand; BUT it has a charm of its own, having brought literary excitement to generations of readers for well more than a century; it is a warm copy, well deserving of being read again--and a place on a budget-minded collector's shelf;
Seller: Book Den East, oak bluffs, MA, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark.. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.. The American Publishing Company, Hartford, Conn., 1876.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: 275 [4, ads] pp. Illustrated. 8vo, publisher's full sheep, expertly rebacked in sheep with a new spine and spine label; corners renewed in sheep; original endsheets retained. First edition; third printing. BAL 3369. Front joint cracked; quite rubbed at edges and corners; tight and sound.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: Second printing, issue "A." Illustrated. Bound in sheep (corners rubbed through to boards), gilt lettered black morocco spine label. Joints starting, head of spine worn down to the headband, shallow crack across the leather just below the headband, front hinge starting. A good copy. BAL 3369.
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$3256.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, second issue, variant A, printed on laid paper with mispagination of prelims (BAL 3369). Unusually well-preserved (boards are often soiled and/or abraded). Hinges weakening but still holding firmly (this edition is notoriously fragile), one gathering proud at fore edge but not sprung from binding, light creases down front free endpaper, ink name on front paste-down (James H. Finney, Port Jervis NY). 1876 Hard Cover. xvi, [17]-274, [6] pp. Blue cloth, gilt and black titles and decorations. Engraved frontispiece and illustrations throughout text. Arguably the most important novel in the American literary tradition. Inspiration for multiple film, television, and theatrical adaptations, and iconic enough to inspire references in other media as well, from comic books to the popular song by Rush. Tom Sawyer has a nose for mischief. Growing up with his Aunt Polly and half-brother Sid, Tom has a way of looking for trouble. When young Tom Sawyer and his buddy Huckleberry Finn sneak out to the graveyard at midnight for what they deem to be good fun, what they don't expect is to witness a trio of body snatchers robbing a grave?and the consequences thereafter proving to be potentially catastrophic. Corralled by the limits of his small town, Tom Sawyer seeks a life that is unencumbered by rules and curfews. Alongside his buddy, Huck Finn, the duo make their way through what becomes an adventure of a lifetime, and one laden with secret hidden treasure.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER. , 1876.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Description: Hartford [etc.]: The American Publishing Company, 1876. 4 pp ads dated 1 Dec 1876. Original blue cloth decorated in black and gilt. First American Edition, second state (i.e. with the frontispiece on the verso of the half-title, rather than on a separate adjacent leaf). Because such copies appear on laid paper, on wove paper, or on a combination of both papers, it is uncertain whether this second state consists of one or two (or possibly even three) printings. This copy is printed throughout on laid paper, and has mispaginated preliminary leaves (Blanck's "arbitrarily designated" state A). In our experience this second state is the variant of TOM SAWYER usually encountered -- though TOM has become somewhat uncommon in any state (much less common than HUCKLEBERRY FINN, for example). Close to near-fine, this copy is unusually bright, including the gilt both on the front cover and on the spine. It does have moderate wear at the extremities, and along the fore-edge of the first two (blank) leaves; the inner hinges are intact. (Obviously the first state is preferable, but a copy in this condition would have a price between $15,000 and $25,000). One of the great classics of American literature, as enjoyable today as it was 150 years ago. Blanck 3369; McBride pp 40-42; a Johnson High Spot ("recognized as one of the supreme portrayals of boy character"). Provenance: armorial bookplate of Samuel Strong Spaulding (1849-1933, of Buffalo and Cooperstown), with his penciled signature dated February 1877.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Twain Mark. ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER. Hartford The American Publishing Co. 1876, 1876.
Price: US$3987.50 + shipping
Description: First edition. First Issue. With one-hundred and sixty black and white illustrations of such memorables as Injun Joe, Aunt Polly, Becky Thatcher, and of course Tom Sawyer. Square 8vo, Handsomely bound in half morocco over marbled paper covered boards, the spine with raised bands gilt stopped and ruled, red morocco lettering label gilt. xvi, 275, [4] ads. pp. A very bright and handsome copy. The true first issue with the recto of the frontispiece blank, pages xii, xiii and xvi the only numbered preliminary pages, printed on wove paper and bulking correctly for the first issue. Without the half-title and one preliminary leaf remargined and with some toning to the outer edge of the leaf, some of the expected spotting or mellowing occasionally present. THE IMPORTANT AND RARE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. THIS COPY HANDSOMELY BOUND IN HALF-MOROCCO. THIS GREAT AMERICAN LANDMARK is the first novel in which the hero is a boy and the boy is the hero throughout. TOM SAWYER is now thought to be, along with HUCKLEBERRY FINN, one of the great stepping stones to the modern American novel. It, like Whitmans LEAVES OF GRASS and Melvilles MOBY DICK, typifies and describes the American spirit. It lies at that very special moment in history when America, having challenged its past sets off on the new adventures that will force it into the coming century and the great expansion of its democratic spirit. To this day, it remains a cornerstone of American literature. The true first edition, first issue is a much sought after book and it has proven to be a high spot of any great collection of world literature, difficult to obtain and a great prize once one has done so.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. American Publishing Co., 1876.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first issue with half title and frontis illustraton on separate sheets. Rebound in modern calf in careful imitation of the original, including new salmon color endpapers. All blanks present, front and back. Pages tight and mostly clean, small area of scuffing and minor repairs to frontis. A very good copy.
Seller: Graver & Pen Rare Books, Midland, MI, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The American Publishing Co, 1876.
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First US edition, first printing. Rare publisher's library sheepskin with original black morocco gilt spine label. Original peach endpapers. A good copy, repaired. Housed in a custom-made slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, second printing, BAL issue A, printed on laid paper. Bound in publisher's blue cloth decorated in black and gilt; all edges gilt. Contents on verso of preface, with the following mispagination present: p. [IX] mispaged XII; p. [X] mispaged XIII; p. [XII] mispaged XVI. Near Fine with light fraying to cloth at corner and spine ends, spine darkened. Front and rear inner hinges slightly exposed, owner name and small bookplate to front endsheet. Pages toned. A fantastic copy of the classic American novel, housed in a custom half-leather slipcase, with leather dried and lacking some chips and cloth lifted along bottom edge. BAL 3369.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$7375.37 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION. First impression. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.9 inches). A few small marks to just a handful of pages but generally this is a clean and bright copy throughout. Finely bound in recent full red morocco. Spine with five raised bands. Gilt ruling, lettering and decorations to compartments. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Original publishers decorative front board and spine, which is rubbed and toned, have been bound in at the rear. Overall a very good attractive copy of the true first edition of this classic book. First published in England in order to secure a British copyright, the London edition precedes the American edition by about six months.
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. American Publishing Company, 1876.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, Second issue with illustration on verso of half title and pages IX, X, & XII instead labeled XII, XIII, & XVI. Laid in is a card inscribed "Truly Yours", and SIGNED "Mark Twain". The card is of heavy stock and was previously attached to another sheet of paper, the remains of which are on the verso. A glue stain is present on the bottom edge of the card and very minute amounts of foxing are present on card face. The original cloth covers of the book have had the corners professionally touched up and the original spine is professionally refurbished although still age darkened with the gilt considerably less bright than the front panel. There is an ink name on the front endpaper, the hinges have been stabilized with Japanese paper, and the first contents page has a short tear near the gutter. The pages have light age toning, there is some soiling on the rear pastedown and endpaper, the front endpaper has two small tears and a tiny chip, and there is off setting on the second and third front endpapers from a prior occupant and which bleeds through faintly to the illustration and title page. The binding is still quite solid.
Seller: Trilby & Co. Books, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$8200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, mixed state of the apotheosis of American boyhood. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over cloth, gilt topstain. In near fine condition with half-title and frontispiece on the same leaf, with 1875 on the copyright page and 1876 on the title page, and with the 10-point type to the word "THE" on the half-title page, four page publishers advertisements at end. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell chemise and box. Popular and controversial at the time of publication in 1876, Mark Twainâs masterpiece The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has been adapted into dozens of film, television and theatrical productions. The quintessential tale of American boyhood established one of the most memorable characters in American literature who appeared in three later sequels including Twainâs other most notable work, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. âThe first novel Mark Twain wrote without a co-author, Tom Sawyer is also his most clearly autobiographical novel enlivened by extraordinary and melodramatic events, it is otherwise a realistic depiction of the experiences, people and places that Mark Twain knew as a childâ (Rasmussen, 459).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$8500.00 + shipping
Description: First Issue Very good in its original, very uncommon, light brown, full sheepskin binding with four raised bands on the spine and with a dark brown leather title label stamped in gilt in one of the compartments and with gilt rules on either side of the raised bands. An octavo of 8 by 6 3/8 inches with light wear and rubbing to all edges with the leather barely worn through over the upper front board tip and the lower rear board tip. There is a dampness stain to the upper fore corner of the fly title page. Pages 65/66 and 77/78 have two inch closed tears to their fore edges which have both been professionally repaired. Strangely, the first free end page appears to be a cancel. Both front and rear hinges are cracked, but the binding is holding and remains tight. The contents are tight and show extensive spots of foxing and hand soiling throughout. According to Merle Johnson the first state of this title shows the word "The" on the fly title page as being only 1/8 inch high. For this copy that is the case. The fly title page is on its own leaf and the pages are printed on wove paper. 274 pages of text followed by an unnumbered conclusion page with no ads from the publisher. Illustrated with a frontispiece from an engraving and chapter headings and vignettes throughout. The recto of the forntis is blank. This copy is protected within an elegant clamshell box which is fully covered in leather with beveled edges and a rounded spine with five raised bands with gilt text stamping in three compartments. (BAL, 3369; Johnson, p27)
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Twain Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER. London Chatto and Windus 1876, 1876.
Price: US$9350.00 + shipping
Description: RARE AND TRUE FIRST PRINTING. The True First Edition, English issue preceding the American issue thus the earliest issue available. 8vo, publishers original red cloth, ornately decorated on the upper cover and spine in gilt and black. [viii], 341, [1[ pp. Internally quite clean and still fresh, the original red cloth with some general evidence of age, some typical evidence of shelving or use, the original spine panel laid down, a well-preserved copy of this rare book. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF THE SCARCE LONDON ISSUE, PRECEDING THE AMERICAN AND THUS THE EARLIEST ISSUE ATTAINABLE OF THIS GREAT AMERICAN CLASSIC. TOM SAWYER is now considered to be, along with HUCKLEBERRY FINN, one of the great stepping stones to the modern American novel. It, like Whitmans LEAVES OF GRASS and Melvilles MOBY DICK, typifies and describes the American spirit. It lies at that very special moment in history when America, having challenged its past sets off on the new adventures that will force it into the coming century and the great expansion of its democratic spirit. To this day, it remains a cornerstone of American literature.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The American Publishing Co, 1876.
Price: US$9500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, 2nd issue, with illustration on verso of half title and pages IX, X, & XII instead labeled XII, XIII, & XVI. Book very good, cracking to rear gutter, paper tape between first and second front free end papers along the two papers. Comes in paper-covered custom-made slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark.. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1876, 1876.
Price: US$11223.39 + shipping
Description: First US 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; Grolier Children's 100, 41. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, spine lettered and tooled in gilt, raised bands, covers ruled in gilt, inner dentelles gilt, burgundy endpapers, gilt edges. Wood engraved frontispiece and numerous in-text illustrations by True Williams and others, 4 pp publisher's advertisements at end. Small expert paper repair to single corner on page 39, pages a little toned, an excellent copy in a fine binding.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Twain, Mark. ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER. The American Publishing Company, Hartford, Conn, 1876.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing of the classic American children's book about an orphan boy growing up on the banks of the Mississippi River in Missouri, in the expertly restored original cloth binding. While Twain is best known today as the author of canonical children's books like this one and its sequel, HUCK FINN, before TOM SAWYER he was actually famous instead as a travel writer and humorist lecturer. TOM SAWYER was Twain's first novel entirely composed by him (an earlier novel, THE GILDED AGE, was co-authored with his friend Charles Dudley Warner). While it did eventually achieve bestseller status, its initial reception was modest, with a first printing of only 5000 copies. Today its reputation has made it a highly sought rarity in the first printing, as here, and copies in great condition are scarce. Twain bibliographer Kevin MacDonnell summarizes it thus: "This was a true boy's book, and surviving copies are proof of how rough on books little boys can be." 8.5'' x 6.5''. Original blue pictorial cloth elaborately stamped in black and gilt on spine and front board. Peach endpapers, triple fly leaves on laid paper. Publisher's catalogue at rear. [i]-xvi, 17-275, [1], [4] pages. Archival tape repair to long closed tear in gutter of first fly leaf, ink owner name on same leaf and another ink name on title page. Hinges expertly repaired, with some restoration to cloth around corners and toned spine. Faint intermittent soiling to text.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, second issue with the 1876 date printed on the title page and the frontispiece printed on same page of half-title page. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with minor discoloration but NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy bound in the original publisher's blue cloth. We buy Twain First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$15625.00 + shipping
Description: FIRST PRINTING on wove paper and with half-title and frontispiece with blank versos and with "THE" on the half-title page in 10-point rather than 14-point type. Original blue cloth with peach endpapers with front and rear triple flyleaves of laid paper; four pages of ads at the rear. BAL 3369. MacDonnell, 39-40. Illustrated by True Williams and others. Two pages with professional repairs to tears; hinges unbroken and covers tight. Light edgewear with some rubbing and wear to the spine. Easily Very Good
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark. The adventures of Tom Sawyer. The American Publishing Co, Hartford, 1876.
Price: US$22000.00 + shipping
Description: Wood-engraved frontispiece and half title printed on separate leaves, and numerous wood engravings by True Williams and others. An excellent, near-perfect copy in the original decorated publisher's cloth, and preserved in a folding half-morocco clamshell case.
Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Issue printed on wove paper with the half title page printed on a separate leaf that is blank on the verso. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's blue cloth with light wear to the boards. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely UNRESTORED copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$45000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the half-title and frontispiece printed on separate leaves and printed on wove paper instead of laid paper. This FIRST ISSUE book is bound in the ORIGINAL Blue Cloth boards with light restoration to the spine. The binding is tight, with some wear to the edges. The pages are clean with some staining to a few pages. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION with ALL the First Issue points. We buy Mark Twain First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
TWAIN Mark. Adventures of Tom Sawyer. , 1876.
Price: US$69000.00 + shipping
Description: "TWAIN, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1876. Square octavo, publisher's three-quarter brown morocco, peach endpapers. Housed in a custom chemise and half morocco clamshell box. $69,000.First American edition, first state of one of the great masterpieces of American literature and a true touchstone of American childhood, in the exceptionally rare publisher's morocco binding. An essential addition to any Mark Twain collection. Only 200 copies were issued in the publisher's three-quarter morocco binding."The first novel Mark Twain wrote without a co-author, Tom Sawyer is also his most clearly autobiographical novel Enlivened by extraordinary and melodramatic events, it is otherwise a realistic depiction of the experiences, people and places that Mark Twain knew as a child" (Rasmussen, 459). Originally published in England (without illustrations), Tom Sawyer arrived at a momentous point in American history: Custer had recently lost the battle at Little Big Horn and America was celebrating its centennial. "Publication of Tom Sawyer was little noticed The book has, however, proved to be one of the most durable works in American literature. By the time of Twain's death, it was his top-selling book. It has been in print continuously since 1876, and has outsold all other Mark Twain works" (Rasmussen, 459). "This was a true boy's book, and surviving copies are proof of how rough little boy's can be on books" (MacDonnell, 40). Also issued in cloth and sheep, only 200 copies were issued in this three-quarter morocco binding. First printing, first state, which "can be quickly distinguished by the fact that the half-title and frontispiece are printed on separate leavesthey are printed on the same leaf in the later printingsand the entire text is printed on wove paper" (MacDonnell, 40). Also with "THE" on half title in 10-point rather than 14-point type, peach endpapers, preliminary matter paginated [I]-XVI and two blank flyleaves of laid paper at front"copies have been noted with two, three and four fly-leaves present no positive point of issue can be made" (Johnson, 28). BAL 3369. Johnson, 27-30. MacDonnell, 39-40. MacBride, 40. Scattered light soiling, as usual. Small marginal closed tear to page 91, not affecting text. Front inner paper hinge split, binding sound. A nearly fine copy in extraordinary condition, highly desirable in the original publisher's morocco. A centerpiece of any collection celebrating Mark Twain or, indeed, American literature."
Seller: Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.