Author: Bret Harte
Title: The Writings of Bret Harte
Description: Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin, and Company , 1902 . Leather. A wonderfully presented set of works by American author and poet, Bret Harte, complete in sixteen volumes. Uniformly bound in smart, half calf with marbled boards. Complete in sixteen volumes. This collection of work by Bret Harte was originally published in 1882 in five volumes. By 1897, Harte had many more poems and stories to add to the collection, which was published in a fourteen volume set. This particular edition, entitled The Riverside Edition, from 1902 is an enlargement of the previous set, with the inclusion of later work, complete in sixteen volumes. Written by American author Bret Harte, known for his poetry and short fiction featuring figures from the California Gold Rush.This collection is comprised of the following: Volume I: 'The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales', with condensed novels, Spanish and American Legends and earlier papers. With a frontispiece. Volume II: 'Tales of the Argonauts&apos. Volume III: 'The Story of A Mine and Other Tales&apos. Volume IV: 'In the Carquinez Woods and Other Tales&apos. Volume V: 'Maruja and Other Tales&apos. Volume VI: 'The Crusade of the Excelsior and Other Tales&apos. Volume VII: 'Cressy and Other Tales&apos. Volume VIII: 'A First Family of Tasajara and Other Tales&apos. Volume IX: 'A Waif of the Plains and Other Tales&apos. Volume X: 'In a Hollow of the Hills and Other Tales&apos. Volume XI: 'Thankful Blossom and Other Eastern Tales and Sketches&apos. Volume XII: 'Poems and Two Men of Sandy Bar: A Drama&apos. With a frontispiece. Volume XIII and XIV: 'Gabriel Conroy, Bohemian Papers, Stories of and for the Young', in two volumes.Volume XV: 'Three Partners and Other Tales&apos. Volume XVI: 'The Ancestors of Peter Atherly and Other Tales&apos. With a bookplate of Horace S. Sears to volumes XI-XVI. Bound in smart, half calf with marbled boards. Externally, very smart, with light bumping to the extremities and the occasional light mark. A touch of fading to the extremities. Bookplate to the front paste down of volumes XI-XVI. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Bret Harte The Riverside Edition Leather Binding short stories The Riverside Edition Not Stated
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Title: The Writings of Bret Harte
Description: Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin, and Company , 1902 . Leather. A wonderfully presented set of works by American author and poet, Bret Harte, complete in sixteen volumes. Uniformly bound in smart, half calf with marbled boards. Complete in sixteen volumes. This collection of work by Bret Harte was originally published in 1882 in five volumes. By 1897, Harte had many more poems and stories to add to the collection, which was published in a fourteen volume set. This particular edition, entitled The Riverside Edition, from 1902 is an enlargement of the previous set, with the inclusion of later work, complete in sixteen volumes. Written by American author Bret Harte, known for his poetry and short fiction featuring figures from the California Gold Rush.This collection is comprised of the following: Volume I: 'The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales', with condensed novels, Spanish and American Legends and earlier papers. With a frontispiece. Volume II: 'Tales of the Argonauts&apos. Volume III: 'The Story of A Mine and Other Tales&apos. Volume IV: 'In the Carquinez Woods and Other Tales&apos. Volume V: 'Maruja and Other Tales&apos. Volume VI: 'The Crusade of the Excelsior and Other Tales&apos. Volume VII: 'Cressy and Other Tales&apos. Volume VIII: 'A First Family of Tasajara and Other Tales&apos. Volume IX: 'A Waif of the Plains and Other Tales&apos. Volume X: 'In a Hollow of the Hills and Other Tales&apos. Volume XI: 'Thankful Blossom and Other Eastern Tales and Sketches&apos. Volume XII: 'Poems and Two Men of Sandy Bar: A Drama&apos. With a frontispiece. Volume XIII and XIV: 'Gabriel Conroy, Bohemian Papers, Stories of and for the Young', in two volumes.Volume XV: 'Three Partners and Other Tales&apos. Volume XVI: 'The Ancestors of Peter Atherly and Other Tales&apos. With a bookplate of Horace S. Sears to volumes XI-XVI. Bound in smart, half calf with marbled boards. Externally, very smart, with light bumping to the extremities and the occasional light mark. A touch of fading to the extremities. Bookplate to the front paste down of volumes XI-XVI. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Bret Harte The Riverside Edition Leather Binding short stories The Riverside Edition Not Stated
Price: GBP 680.00 = appr. US$ 971.03 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 880Q25
- Book number: 880Q25
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