Poems
by Harte, Bret
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good overall
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1871. First edition. Hardcover. Very good overall. First edition, second printing. Includes 'The Ballad of the Emeu', written in praise of the Australian bird while Harte was working in San Francisco as a compositor, and associating with the group of writers who worked on the literary newspaper, 'The Californian'.
Small 8vo, 152pp. In the original green gilt publisher's cloth, with gilt signature at front cover, gilt title at spine. Boards gently rubbed at edges; text bright and clean.
Small 8vo, 152pp. In the original green gilt publisher's cloth, with gilt signature at front cover, gilt title at spine. Boards gently rubbed at edges; text bright and clean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25630
- Title
- Poems
- Author
- Harte, Bret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good overall
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1871
- Bookseller catalogs
- POETRY; CALIFORNIA;
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Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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Garrison, New York
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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