Beard daniel carter 1850 1941 (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Illustrated Edition. TWAIN, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1903; Tom Sawyer Abroad, Tom Sawyer, Detective, and Other Stories, Etc., Etc. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1898. Two uniformly bound volumes. Octavo (8vo). Original publisher's red cloth, front boards decorated with gilt portrait medallions and spines lettered in gilt. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer retains three illustrations by John George Brown. Tom Sawyer Abroad, Tom Sawyer, Detective, and Other Stories is illustrated from designs by Daniel Carter Beard and Arthur Burdett Frost; each volume with a frontispiece. An attractive uniform pairing of Twain's classic boyhood novel with two later adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, and Jim. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer follows Tom's mischievous childhood along the Mississippi, culminating in his and Huck Finn's witnessing of a murder, their search for treasure, and Tom and Becky Thatcher's ordeal in the cave. Tom Sawyer Abroad sends Tom, Huck, and Jim across the Atlantic and into Africa by balloon, while Tom Sawyer, Detective returns them to the Mississippi Valley for a comic murder mystery. Contents generally clean and unmarked, with light, even toning and occasional spotting. One title page with a small closed tear. Bindings remain sound, with general fading and sunning to the spines, light rubbing at the extremities, and gently bumped corners. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer slightly cocked, with scattered spotting to the faded spine and a pale sun line to the rear board. Overall, a Good uniform pair. [Attributes: Hard Cover; Illustrated.]. BROWN, John George (1831-1913); BEARD, Daniel Carter (1850-1941); FROST, Arthur Burdett (1851-1928) (illustrator). …