The Best Short Stories Of Bret Harte (Modern Library #250.1)
by HARTE, Bret
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good dust jacket
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. [c.1951]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition offering 25 of the best stories of Bret Harte (1836-1902). Mr. Harte was best known for his depictions of the wild frontier life during the California gold rush. Edited and with an introduction by Robert N. Linscott. --- In Toledano spine 8 / rust cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h / verso advertises 352 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1951 (though 1947 date appears in book). ML #250.1. --- With a little dulling to cover gilding and cloth, otherwise a clean, firm copy. Dust jacket bears original $1.25 flap price; with sunned (but readable) spine, chips and creases to edges but still bright and protected in removable mylar.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); x, 517 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 79990
- Title
- The Best Short Stories Of Bret Harte (Modern Library #250.1)
- Author
- HARTE, Bret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1951]
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- 12mo
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- Gilt
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- Sunned
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