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First American Edition Published

When: December 1876
Where: Hartford, Connecticut (publisher's city, per passage 37266; not confirmed as the publication place of this edition)
Part of: First American edition of Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer published

The American Publishing Company released the first illustrated American edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in December 1876.

Following the unillustrated London publication in June 1876, the American Publishing Company issued its edition in December 1876. This version included illustrations by True Williams, making it the first illustrated edition of the novel. The American Publishing Company was based in Hartford, Connecticut, where it published first editions of several of Twain's books.

Sources

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-17
Mark Twain Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05

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