FINE ORIGINAL CHARCOAL DRAWING, “THE STRAIN UPON PENT EMOTION REACHED ITS CLIMAX”, FROM THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER, signed at upper left

by Worth Brehm

$6,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Brehm, Worth. Published by Harper & Brothers in their edition of 1910. Image size 21 x 13 3/4 inches. 1 vols. Fine condition. Item #12734 A moment of high drama, as Tom, in the courtroom witness chair, testifies against Injun Joe. During his testimony he is asked, “What did you take with you to the graveyard ? and he answers, “Only a--a--dead cat.”

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