Condensed Novels

Boston: Osgood and Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1871. Second Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth stamped in gilt, beveled edges. Inscribed to the ffep by Harte in 1871; recipient further inscribed book in 1908. Slight cant; frayed spine ends/points, rubbed edges. Second edition, with two stories appearing in book form for the first time. Frontis and illus.… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: James R. Osgood and Company. Very Good. 1871. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy includes an inscription by the author on the front free page and a tipped in signature dated July 15, 1876. This is a second edition, with two additional stories not in the 1867 edition, with illustrations by S.… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin & Co, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo; Good+; red spine with gilt text; first edition; no jacket; cloth exterior shows slightly sunned spine; front and rear panels have mild wear; slight puckering to rear toward head edge; tiny hole to spine; strong boards; text block exterior edges have moderate age toning; previous owner's… Read more about this item

1871. [FINE, with carte-de-visite] With Illustrations by S. Eytinge, Jr. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. Original green cloth, beveled. First Enlarged Edition of Bret Harte's first book. CONDENSED NOVELS was initially published by Carleton in 1867, as a volume of 15 parodies of novels by such authors as Ch-r-s D-ck-ns, Ch-l-tte Br-nte and W-lk-e C-ll-ns --… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1902. First edition. Very good.. First edition of these selected literary satires on Marie Corelli, Rudyard Kipling, and others, including the case of "The Stolen Cigar Case," attributed to a tastefully redacted "A. CO--N D--LE." 6.75'' x 4.5''. Original blue cloth with gilt-stamped pictorial design by Decorative Designers. 236 pages,… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood and Co, 1871. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Small Octavo. 212pp. Illustrated by S. Eytinge, Jr. Bound in terra-cotta cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, brown coated endpapers; internally clean, light wear at extremities. First book appearance of "Lothaw" and "Handsome is as Handsome Does." Otherwise a reprint of… Read more about this item

BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY. VG/NONE. 1871. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. ISBN: ILLUSTRATIONS BY S. EYTINGE, JR. BAL 7255-A REPRINT OF 1867 CARLTON. ISBN: EDITION EXCEPT FOR "LOTHAW" AND "HANDSOME IS AS ...DOES". BOOK HAS A BIT OF WEAR AT THE SPINE-ENDS BUT IS OTHERWISE ABOUT FINE. . Keywords: NINETEENTH CEN LIT, STORIES, INVISIBLE, ABCDEF.

London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, "K" inked on front free . endpaper.. 1902. Second Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth binding. Frontispiece portrait illustration of the author. Printed color prize label for previous owner (Cyril Barker, Purston Wesleyan Men's Bible Class, 1926) pasted to front pastedown endpaper. A collection of short parodies… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. Hardcover. Good. Reprint edition. Illustrated by S. Eytinge, Jr. Good only with hinges cracked, owner's contemporary gift inscription on preliminary page, edges frayed, one inch tear on spine head.

Boston, Mass.: James R. Osgood, 1871.. First complete edition of this title. 8vo. 212 pp., illus. Very good in green cloth, covers a bit rubbed, ex-libris John Ruyle label within, notes in pencil on end paper and frontis. verso, in clear protective mylar jacket.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. Cloth. Good. 7" by 4.5" . S. Eytinge, Jr.. A copiously illustrated copy of the 'Condensed Novels' of Bret Harte, a notable American short story writer and poet. With illustrations by S. Eytinge Jr., an American illustrator of newspapers, journals and books by renowned authors such as Charles Dickens… Read more about this item

Boston: J. R. Osgood and Company, 1871. Bound in red cloth with gilt on spine. 8vo. Bound in red cloth with gilt on spine, iv, 212 pages. First English edition and printed by the University Press. BAL 7255. A near fine copy.

NY: G. W. Carleton & Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1867. First Edition. Hard Cover. Rubbed at the corners & spine ends. Bookplates removed from the fep & inside the front cover. Front inner hinge cracked. No label on the spine. Faint stamp inside the front cover. Perhaps a ship library? ; Spine sunned, some chipping… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. 1871. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Good in boards. Hinge has started. A few small stains to boards. Tear to cloth at spine. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Boston:: James R. Osgood and Company,, 1871.. Reprint of 1867 edition with two new stories.. original bevelled plum cloth.. Spine chipped at extremities and faded; tight and sound.. 12mo,. BAL 7255.

James R Osgood & Company, Boston, 1871. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, G. iv+212pp, engraved frontis, head & tail of spine chipped a little, repaired tear to cloth on spine, some rubbing. A fair copy. Bevelled edge cloth, Contains Handsome Is As Handsome Does & other short tales.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. Very Good. 1871. Hardcover. First Book Printing of two of the pieces, edges rubbed, loose, though Good. .

Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1871. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Spine sunned, some chipping to spine ends, slightly cocked. Hinges & book are tight. Owner's name (dated 1871) on fep.; 4 1/2x7" .

Chatto and Windus. 1902 Chatto and Windus first edition hardback; no dj; good reading copy, some ageing, light wear to decorated boards; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1902.

1871. HARTE, Bret. Condensed Novels. Orig. cloth. Illustrated. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1871. First edition. BAL 7255. A very good copy.