"The Prince and the Pauper", by Mark Twain, published by James Osgood Company in, First Edition, First Printing with '1882' on the title page, copyright 1881 by S.L. Clemens, and the "Franklin Press" imprint on the copyright page. The book was actually published in December 1881 with '1882' on the title page. Second state with corrected errors on pages 124 and 362.

Hard cover, leather with original labels on spine, marbled endpapers [creased at the hinges], 6.3/4" x 8.1/2", undated pencil written gift inscription on the first blank page, 411 pages; 192 illustrations (including 2 frontispieces), very little soiling, very good condition.

Two little boys (one a prince & one a pauper) trade places thus, the princely robe with the pauper hat, and the pauper coat with the prince’s crown. A tale for young people of all ages. "Pronounced by high authorities one of the best child's stories ever written."

Twain's historical tale for the young. During the last years of Henry VIII's reign, a prince finds a pauper who looks exactly like him and persuades him to exchange clothes -- at which time the prince is chased from the palace, is forced to live as a pauper, and experiences first-hand the wretchedness of the poor and the cruelty of the law.

Young Prince Edward lived a life of luxury with servants to grant his every wish. Tom Canty spent his days begging on the streets, and his nights in a hovel with his tyrannical father. When the two boys meet, a simple switch of clothing sets them on a path they'd never dreamed possible. The prince, mistaken for Tom, is forced to live a pauper's life, while Tom unwillingly takes on the life of a prince. And in the end, each boy finds the king inside himself.

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