The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Hartford, CT: The American Publishing Company, 1876.
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. Item #140942019
Price: $6,500.00