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TALES OF THE GOLD RUSH by Bret Harte. Illustrated by Fletcher Martin. With an Introduction by Oscar Lewis. [LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY FLETCHER MARTIN].
by (Martin, Fletcher). Harte, Bret
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1944., 1944.. Fine. - Large octavo, 10-1/4 inches high by 6-3/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine and on the front cover with a raised gilt image of a gold nugget. The book is laid into the original glassine dust wrapper and a gold clamshell box. The top edge is gilt. The box is slightly rubbed with wear to the box's front joint. xii, [4] & 223 pages plus colophon, illustrated by Fletcher Martin with 14 half-page and 14 full-page color drawings, one of each for the 14 stories. Fine in a very good clamshell box.
The colophon reads: "Of this edition of TALES OF THE GOLD RUSH twelve hundred copies have been made for the members of The Limited editions Club from the illustrations of Fletcher Martin who here signs.... This copy which is number 1064."
The work is a collection of 14 stories by Bret Harte selected with the assistance of Oscar Lewis who wrote an introduction. The following stories are included: "The Luck of Roaring Camp", "The Outcasts of Poker Flat", "Miggles", "Tennessee's Partner", "Brown of Calaveras", "The Idyl of Red Gulch", "The Iliad of Sandy Bar", "The Poet of Sierra Flat", "How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar", "An Apostle of the Tules", "An Ingenue of the Sierras", "A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's", "Prosper's 'Old Mother'".
The Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club describing the creation of the book is laid in.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 97775
- Title
- TALES OF THE GOLD RUSH by Bret Harte. Illustrated by Fletcher Martin. With an Introduction by Oscar Lewis. [LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY FLETCHER MARTIN].
- Author
- (Martin, Fletcher). Harte, Bret
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1944.
- Date Published
- 1944.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; ILLUSTRATED; BRET HARTE; TALES OF THE GOLD RUSH ; FLETCHER MARTIN OSCAR LEWIS; LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; GOLD NUGGET; COLOR DRAWINGS; LIMITED EDITION; THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP; THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT; MIGGLES; TE
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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