Tom Sawyer (Illustrated and signed by Thomas Hart Benton)

Limited Editions Club. One of only 1,500 copies, this copy being unnumbered. Signed by Thomas Hart Benton. Benton illustrated three Twain Limited Editions Club titles, of which this is one (and we presently have the other two). Fine in publisher's blue cloth with only the slightest wear. Spine label unmarred and clean. Yellow top stain rich. Interior fine, with text and wonderful illustrations by Benton bright and clean with no dulling. One of the best copies of the book we've seen in quite some time.

Thomas Hart Benton was one of the central artists of the 20th century and is associated with the American Regionalism movement. He is famous for his grand-scale murals depicting everyday life with real people at the center. A native of the American Midwest, Benton made paintings and drawings depicting the realities of agrarian life and the pressures of industrialization. Benton regularly incorporated quintessentially American icons of progress in his images, including railroads, cars, and factories.