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Clemens, Samuel L.
Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford, Chicago, Cincinnati: American Publishing Co., A. Roman & Co., San Francisco, 1876
8vo (8 1/4 x 6 3/8 in.; 210 x 162 mm). Half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece and text illustrations, 4 pp. of advertisements dated 1 December 1876; some smudges on title and in margins of frontispiece, some smudges on pages 36-47 affecting text. Publisher's half-morocco over terra-cotta ribbed cloth, gilt-stamped title on spine, gilt-edged. Morocco slipcase.
8vo (8 1/4 x 6 3/8 in.; 210 x 162 mm). Half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece and text illustrations, 4 pp. of advertisements dated 1 December 1876; some smudges on title and in margins of frontispiece, some smudges on pages 36-47 affecting text. Publisher's half-morocco over terra-cotta ribbed cloth, gilt-stamped title on spine, gilt-edged. Morocco slipcase.
Provenance
Henry Simons (ms. exlibris on half-title, dated 7 July 1877)
Literature
BAL 3369 (citing the publisher's stockbook); Grolier, American 79
Catalogue Note
First American edition, first issue, one of two hundred copies in half morocco.