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Lot 313
[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)] "Mark Twain" The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, first edition, 1876.
Hammer Price: £1,900
Description
[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)] "Mark Twain" The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, first edition, light finger-soiling to margins, preliminary advertisement leaf, later front free endpaper, original pictorial cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, browned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, light surface soiling to covers, 8vo, 1876.
⁂ The true first edition. This was first published in the UK in order to secure a British copyright. It precedes the American edition by approximately 6 months.
Description
[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)] "Mark Twain" The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, first edition, light finger-soiling to margins, preliminary advertisement leaf, later front free endpaper, original pictorial cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, browned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, light surface soiling to covers, 8vo, 1876.
⁂ The true first edition. This was first published in the UK in order to secure a British copyright. It precedes the American edition by approximately 6 months.
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