London, United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus, 1897. **** FIRST UK EDITION AND FIRST PRINTING **** vi+298+32pp (advertisments dated Feb. 1897) Bound in very attractive contemporary sage green half leather with bright gilt title lettering to spine. All corners are sharp and book sits solid and square. Well bound. Some slight darkening and foxing to prelims and tissue guard of frontispiece. All illustrations are present and correct. Foredge a little spotted. Very clean internally. A NEAR FINE, bright copy. *** IN SHORT A VERY ATTRACTIVE, COLLECTABLE FIRST UK EDITION COPY WITH A BEAUTIFUL SHELF APPEARANCE ! *** First British edition, issued either simultaneously with the American, according to BAL, or before the American edition, according to Sadleir.....This novel resurrects the beloved character of Whiskey Dick, a plainspoken gent who has an inordinate fondness for the bar rooms and saloons of California's mining towns !. First Edition. Half-Leather. Near Fine. Illus. by With eight illustrations by J. Gulich.. FIRST EDITION.

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Bookseller: The Rare Book Shelf (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001516
Title: Three Partners, or The Big Strike on Heavy Tree Hill
Author: BRET HARTE
Illustrator: With eight illustrations by J. Gulich.
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Place of Publication: London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 1897

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