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The Bell-Ringer of Angel's and Other Stories
by HARTE, Bret
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
Item Price
A$37.20A$29.76
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. A first edition of Bret Harte's collection of 8 short stories, generally set in the gold rush areas of California's Sierra Nevada foothills in the 1800s. This collection was published after Harte left California, eventually settling in London. --- In burgundy cloth-covered boards with cover titling & decorations in black; spine titling in gilt and green endpapers; faded dark topstain. --- With prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, penciled notation to title page and lightly chafed cover extremities; else a tightly-bound, sound copy.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; 334 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85630
- Title
- The Bell-Ringer of Angel's and Other Stories
- Author
- HARTE, Bret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1894
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
Biblio member since 2005
Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
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