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Tom Sawyer Abroad, Tom Sawyer Detective, and Other Stories
by Twain, Mark
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
San Mateo, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1896. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, first printing of Mark Twain's parody of adventure stories. 1896 on the title page, copyright page has four lines of text, no boxed ads. 410 pages. Two pages of ads in the back: Mark Twain's Joan of Arc; By Richard Harding Davis. Red covers with gilt stamped cornhusk on the front, blind stamp on the back cover. Spine has faded with the sun. Pages are bright and unmarked. Slight lean to the text block. BAL 3447.
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Details
- Bookseller
- B Street Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2022-M245
- Title
- Tom Sawyer Abroad, Tom Sawyer Detective, and Other Stories
- Author
- Twain, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1896
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
B Street Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
San Mateo, California
About B Street Books, ABAA
We buy and sell used, rare, collectible and antiquarian books and are conveniently located in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area peninsula. We are San Mateo's only used bookstore and have served the area for over 10 years.
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Title Page
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