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The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches

by Harte, Francis Bret

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Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co., 1871. Good+ in the publisher's pebbled maroon cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt; both the front and rear boards are blind-ruled. Chocolate-brown endpapers. 256pps. 2nd edition, with "Brown of Calaveras" added. There is modest rubbing to the board-edges and the spine is a bit sunned. There is, also, an 1" split at the top of the rear joint, likely testament to insect damage. Internally, the ffep has become detached (it is laid in) and has a chip in its upper corner. The original owner's signature, dated Feb. 1871, is near the top of the title-page. The binding is a bit brittle, though sound. The text is clean and bright, overall, with only the light and sporadic instance of foxing. A flawed, though -- at the least -- a nice reading copy of this old volume of stories and sketches.

Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. Cloth. BRET FRANCIS HARTE THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP FIRST EDITIONS AMERICAN LITERATURE FICTION SHORT STORIES WESTERN UNITED STATES CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO MINERS MINING GOLD RUSH. Catalogs: Wild West, Literature & Fiction, U.S.A..

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches
Author
Harte, Francis Bret
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Fields, Osgood & Co.
Place of Publication
Boston
Date Published
1871
Bookseller catalogs
Wild West; Literature & Fiction, U S A;

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