Chatto and Windus London undated Vg (no dj, black cloth with black titles and black ruled borders top and bottom of spine and front board, lightly worn head and tail of spine, bottom corners a little limp, a good clean tight copy with pages crisp, ink signature front fixed endpaper and occasional faint speckles in margins) 12mo 263pp. B/w frontispiece and 38 b/w illustrations. A new edition. No date of publication, inscribed 1922 but looks older.

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Bookseller: lobstabooks (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 40913
Title: BARKER'S LUCK and other stories
Author: Bret Harte:
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chatto and Windus London undated

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12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Tail: The heel of the spine.
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Crisp: A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Inscribed: When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...