Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. The Riverside Press. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Co., 1884. First Edition, Second Printing. Decorated Blindstamped, Gilt Stamped Cloth. Near Fine. 12mo. 15 by 11 cm. 241 pp. Slight darkening of spine. A tiny ding, front right edge. A touch of soiling and wear on the cloth. Interior is tight and clean, with mild age toning. Overall a lovely, not quite perfect, copy.

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The sun was going down on the Carquinez Woods. The few shafts of sunlight that had pierced their pillared gloom were lost in unfathomable depths, or splintered their ineffectual lances on the enormous trunks of the redwoods. For a time the dull red of their vast columns, and the dull red of their cast-off bark which matted the echoless aisles, still seemed to hold a faint glow of the dying day. But even this soon passed.

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Bookseller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 007508
Title: In the Carquinez Woods
Author: Harte, Bret
Format/Binding: Decorated Blindstamped, Gilt Stamped Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, Second Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. The Riverside Press. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Co.
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1884

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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...
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