9 sketches: The luck of roaring Camp, The outcasts of Poker Flat, Miggles, Tennessee's partner, The idyl of Red Gulch, Brown of Calaveras, High-water mark, A lonely ride, The man of no account
by Harte, Bret (1836-1902)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, 1967. Limited Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked, cloth-backed decorative boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Illus. endpapers. In a matching decorative slipcase, slightly edge-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 137 pages; Description: 137, [7] p. illus. 24 cm. Genre: American fiction -- Short stories. Notes: ""... designed by Bradbury Thompson ... forword ... by Jean A. Bradnick ... Illustrations are reproduced from wood engravings of Harper's New Monthly Magazine 1853-1858, from the library of the designer"" --colophon.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 214724
- Title
- 9 sketches: The luck of roaring Camp, The outcasts of Poker Flat, Miggles, Tennessee's partner, The idyl of Red Gulch, Brown of Calaveras, High-water mark, A lonely ride, The man of no account
- Author
- Harte, Bret (1836-1902)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
- Date Published
- 1967
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