The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn: Norman Rockwell Collector’s Edition (Abbeville Illustrated Classics)

A great American novelist, illustrated by a great American artist―now available in a collectible two-volume set

In 1936, the Heritage Press, a publisher of fine editions, commissioned Norman Rockwell to illustrate Mark Twain’s Adventures of Tom Sawyer; four years later, they asked him to illustrate The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as well. For each book, Rockwell created eight full-color paintings and numerous pen-and-ink drawings, the product of extensive on-the-ground research in Twain’s hometown of Hannibal, Missouri. Famously, Rockwell even tried to buy some Hannibal residents’ old clothes, to dress his models in.

For years, the Rockwell editions of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn have been unavailable in stores. Now, Abbeville Press is proud to reissue them as a handsome new clothbound set. The color plates are reproduced from new photography of Rockwell’s original paintings, the typesetting has been done anew to a high standard, and new introductions―illustrated with Rockwell’s rarely seen preliminary sketches―examine this unique encounter between two legendary chroniclers of America.

Publisher’s note: These volumes present Mark Twain’s text unabridged and unedited, as it appeared in the original American editions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885).

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Abbeville Illustrated Classics
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure stories, with N. C. Wyeth’s iconic illustrations―now available in a collectible two-volume set A great American novelist, illustrated by a great American artist―Norman Rockwell’s illustrations of two Mark Twain classics, now available in a collectible two-volume set. A new clothbound edition of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, with illustrations by Clara M. Burd―an irresistible author-artist pairing sure to delight all lovers of the classic novel A collectible edition of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved children’s classic, with enchanting illustrations by Charles Robinson that appeared in the original British edition of 1911 In this hauntingly beautiful volume, artist John A. Rice reenvisions Dickens’s seemingly familiar Christmas classic as a true Victorian ghost story.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Abbeville Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 20, 2020
Edition ‏ : ‎ Collectors
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 640 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0789213672
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0789213679
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.27 pounds
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 – 18 years
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 2.4 x 9.2 inches
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 2 – 7
Best Sellers Rank: #12,538 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #10 in Teen & Young Adult Fiction on Boys’ & Men’s Issues (Books) #466 in Classic Literature & Fiction #1,074 in Literary Fiction (Books)
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