{"product_id":"the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer-and-huckleberry-finn-norman-rockwell-collectors-edition-abbeville-illustrated-classics-9780789213679","title":"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn: Norman Rockwell Collector's Edition (Abbeville Illustrated Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA great American novelist  illustrated by a great American artistnow available in a collectible two-volume set In 1936  the Heritage Press  a publisher of fine editions  commissioned Norman Rockwell to illustrate Mark Twains 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 Twains 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 Rockwells original paintings  the typesetting has been done anew to a high standard  and new introductionsillustrated with Rockwells rarely seen preliminary sketchesexamine this unique encounter between two legendary chroniclers of America. Publishers note: These volumes present Mark Twains 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). Two clothbound volumes in slipcase\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666282471477,"sku":"ByrdShop_0789213672","price":67.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780789213679.jpg?v=1782426813","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer-and-huckleberry-finn-norman-rockwell-collectors-edition-abbeville-illustrated-classics-9780789213679","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}