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Mark Twain T he Adventures of Tom Sawyer This Bonded Leather Hardcover Collectible Edition is OOP BRAND NEW AND SEALED! Item Description This book is brand new and sealed , never read or used in any way, perfect condition. Beautiful lettering & art design on the cover and spine Gold colored page edges Satin ribbon book marker attached Bonded Leather bound hardcover Mischief is Tom Sawyer's middle name. There is nothing he likes better than playing hookey from school, messing about on the Mississippi with his best friend, the hobo Huckleberry Finn, or wooing the elusive beauty Becky Thatcher. Lazy and reckless, he is a menace to his Aunt Polly - 'Tom, I've a notion to skin you alive' - an embarrassment to his teachers and the envy of his peers. But there is method in his badness. He exhibits all the cunning of a magpie when hatching an elaborate scheme to avoid whitewashing a fence, and an adventure downriver with Huck and Joe Harper plunges the little town of St Petersburg into such an outpouring of grief that Tom is spared the belt on his return. But the innocent adventures end suddenly when Tom and Huck witness a murder in the graveyard. Should they tell of what they saw under the moonlight, when Injun Joe slipped the bloodstained knife into the hands of Muff Potter? Or should they 'keep mum' and risk letting an innocent man go to the gallows? 'Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest of those boys who were schoolmates of mine', Mark Twain wrote in the preface to the original 1876 edition. Inspired by his upbringing in a small township on the Mississippi, and written 'to remind adults of what they once were themselves, and of how they felt and thought and talked, and what queer enterprises they sometimes engaged in', Twain's hymn to childhood and the great outdoors remains a classic account of boys on the loose in frontier-era America. Shipping FREE Shipping within the continental USA will be via USPS Media Mail. Priority Mail is available for an extra $10 shipping charge. If you are from an American location that is not part of the continental USA , you will be required to pay for Priority Mail. I have set these locations as Exclusions, but I will be happy to remove the exclusions upon request and agreement to pay for the $10 for Priority Shipping. International Shipping will be via eBay Global Shipping Program. I use Media Mail to send to the Global Shipping center in Kentucky, however, if you wish for it to arrive at the center more quickly, you can add $10 to have it shipped there Priority. All of my books are shipped in sturdy, safe and secure boxes. Return Policy: Returned or exchanged items must be in original condition to qualify for a refund, and must be returned within 30 days from the purchase date. Customers are responsible for all return or exchange shipping charges. Once the returned item is received back to me and I can verify condition, I will process the Refund. Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter