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CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne ['Mark Twain'] (1835-1910). The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. London: Chatto and Windus, 1876.
8° (196 x 140mm). With adverts and half-title. (Gatherings F and O a little loose, light spotting in the bottom margin of the first few leaves.) Original publisher's red cloth, upper side blocked in black, lettered in gilt on the spine and upper side, yellow endpapers (spine very lightly faded, extremities lightly rubbed, light soiling). Provenance: Luiz de Tavares Ozorio (signature on front blank dated 16 November 1876).
FIRST EDITION, AN EXCELLENT COPY IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH. '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). Published 9 June 1876, the English edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the true first edition. Mark Twain did not want an American edition published until the novel had first appeared in England, thus securing a British copyright. But the American edition was further delayed, and not published until nearly 6 months after this English edition. BAL 3367; Grolier, American 79.
8° (196 x 140mm). With adverts and half-title. (Gatherings F and O a little loose, light spotting in the bottom margin of the first few leaves.) Original publisher's red cloth, upper side blocked in black, lettered in gilt on the spine and upper side, yellow endpapers (spine very lightly faded, extremities lightly rubbed, light soiling). Provenance: Luiz de Tavares Ozorio (signature on front blank dated 16 November 1876).
FIRST EDITION, AN EXCELLENT COPY IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH. '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). Published 9 June 1876, the English edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the true first edition. Mark Twain did not want an American edition published until the novel had first appeared in England, thus securing a British copyright. But the American edition was further delayed, and not published until nearly 6 months after this English edition. BAL 3367; Grolier, American 79.
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