San Francisco: John Howell, 1922. large 8vo. quarter cloth over paper covered boards, paper spine label. 16, (1) pages. First edition limited to 350 numbered copies. BAL 7555. Exlibris bookplate of Henry Alexander on front pastedown. Near fine. Printed by Edwin Grabhorn for John Howell. Decorations by Joseph Sinel. Foreword by Frederick S. Myrtle. Harte's manuscript poem on hearing of the death of Dickens. READ MORE about DICKENS IN CAMP
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 137374
With Illustrations designed & Engraved by Mallette Dean and an Introduction by Oscar Lewis.
San Francisco: Ransohoffs, 1948. 4to. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. (viii), 16, (2) pages. With Illustrations designed & Engraved by Mallette Dean and an Introduction by Oscar Lewis. Limited to 300 copies, printed by the Grabhorn Press. (Magee no.469). With illustrations printed in color. Boards a bit faded / dull, else nice. A story by Bret Harte, first printed in the Overland Monthly for August 1868. Four colored plates. READ MORE about THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP, A STORY BY BRET HARTE, FIRST PRINTED IN THE OVERLAND MONTHLY FOR AUGUST...
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 41842
Berkeley, CA: The Hart Press, 1942. small 4to. paper wrappers. 18 pages. Printed in limited edition of 75 copies. BAL 7565. A fine copy. Christmas card by Ruth and James D. Hart laid in. Illustrated by Lloyd Hoff. READ MORE about MUCK-A-MUCK, A PARODY
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 137553
n.p. n.p., n.d. 11.5 x 7.5 cm. paper cards. Eight tinted lithographed "cards". Advertising the play. Signed: "Shober & Carqueville, Lith. Co., Chicago." Horizontal & vertical Scenes. All in near-fine condition. Very scarce. READ MORE about "AH S"M'LISS". CHILD OF THE SIERRAS. A DRAMATIZATION
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 138210
London: Chatto & Windus, 1896. 8vo. Blue decorative cloth binding filled in black and gilt; decorative endpapers. 263, 32 pages. First English edition. Bookplate of Henry Keppel on front pastedown. Rear hinge starting. Light wear to edges and hinges. A very good copy. Thirty-nine Illustrations by Paul Hardy, A. Forestier, and J. Gulich. Advertisements in rear. READ MORE about BARKER'S LUCK
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 137211
London: Chatto & Windus, 1896. 8vo. Blue decorative cloth binding filled in black and gilt; decorative endpapers. 263, 32 pages. First English edition. BAL 7381. A tight, bright, and unmarred copy. Thirty-nine Illustrations by Paul Hardy, A. Forestier, and J. Gulich. Advertisements in rear. READ MORE about BARKER'S LUCK
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 137572
London: Chatto & Windus, 1894. 8vo. Bound in red cloth boards with illustrations on spine and front board. 274 pages. First English edition. BAL 7373. Spine lightly faded. A very good copy. Thirty-nine Illustrations by Paul Hardy, A. Forestier, and J. Gulich. Advertisements in rear. READ MORE about THE BELL-RINGER OF ANGEL'S, ETC
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137215
Illustrated by Arthur I. Keller.
Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin & company, 1885. 8vo. Bound in original brown cloth, decorated all over in blind, the upper cover and spine gilt-lettered. 260 pages. Illustrated by Arthur I. Keller. First edition thus, first printing. BAL 7330. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper. A near fine copy. Printed by the Riverside Press. READ MORE about BY SHORE AND SEDGE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137568
Introduction by Nathan Van Patten.
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1929. large 8vo. quarter cloth over paper covered boards, paper cover label, slipcase. xxi pages. Introduction by Nathan Van Patten. First edition limited to 150 numbered copies signed by Nathan Van Patten. BAL, Vol 3, p. 477. A fine copy. READ MORE about CONCERNING "CONDENSED NOVELS"
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 137953
Boston: J. R. Osgood and Company, 1871. 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. READ MORE about CONDENSED NOVELS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 137271
Illustrated by Frank Bellew.
New York: G. W. Carleton & Company, 1867. 8vo. Bound in dark green blind and gilt-stamped cloth, light blue endpapers. In slipcase. x, 307 pages. Illustrated by Frank Bellew. First edition. BAL 7240. Wear to spine ends. Light wear to edges of boards, particularily corners. Else a fine copy. READ MORE about THE CONDENSED NOVELS. AND OTHER PAPERS
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 137305
London: Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1882. small 8vo. original brown cloth, spine & front cover lettered in gilt and decorated in brown. 192 pages. First English Edition. Printed at the Riverside Press. Light rubbing to spine ends and hinges / fore-edge of boards. Else a near fine copy. READ MORE about FLIP AND FOUND AT BLAZING STAR
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137278
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1876. 8vo. original mauve cloth decoratively stamped in gilt and black. 467 pages, with 33 plates. First edition. BAL 7285; Wright, III, 2539. Near fine. A terrible novel but in its way an intriguing compendium of California history and lore. READ MORE about GABRIEL CONROY
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 138059
Illustrated by Arthur I. Keller.
Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin & company, 1905. 8vo. Bound in original pictorial green cloth. iv, 152 pages. Illustrated by Arthur I. Keller. First edition thus, first printing. BAL 7541. A near fine copy. Printed by the Riverside Press. READ MORE about HER LETTER
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 137303
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1884. small 8vo. Bound in blue cloth with gilt on spine, 241 pages. Later printing printed by the Riverside Press. A near fine copy. READ MORE about IN THE CARQUINEZ WOODS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137272
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1893. 8vo. blue cloth. 515 pages. First English edition. BAL 7409. Light wear to extreminities, exlibrary with markings. With "Bibliography of Bret Harte," laid in. READ MORE about THE LETTERS OF BRET HARTE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138060
London: C. A. Pearson Limited, 1899. small 8vo. original maroon cloth, spine & front cover lettered in gilt and decorated in brown. (v), 329 pages. First English Edition. Ownership inscription in ink on front free endpaper. Front hinge cracked, else a fine copy. Published simultaneously with the first American edition but in a much more attrative format. Eight tales of romance and adventure in California based on Harte's memories of the state he had not..... READ MORE about MR. JACK HAMLIN'S MEDIATION, AND OTHER STORIES
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 137277
San Francisco : New York: A. Roman and company ; W.J. Widdleton, 1866. 8vo. Bound in blue cloth. 144 pages. First edition, state A. BAL 7238. A very good copy. An unrecorded variant binding. With inscription on front pastedown endpapers," Bessie A. North / from her friend / Mr. Wingard." READ MORE about OUTCROPPINGS: BEING SELECTIONS OF CALIFORNIA VERSE
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 137826
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. large 12mo. original publishers binding, green cloth-covered boards. (v), vi, 7-152 pages. First edition, later printing. BAL 7253. A fine copy. T.S.K. in caption; FO monogram at foot of spine. A volume of poetry published shortly after Harte moved to Boston. Printed by Welch, Bigelow and Co., Cambridge. READ MORE about POEMS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 94271
Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1871. small 8vo. Bound in dark red boards, gilt lettering, Beveled edges, chemise, slipcase. iv, 152 pages. First edition first issue with the error S.T.K. for T.S.K. in caption, p.136. BAL 7253. Very light rubbing to spine and hinges, with bottom corner of front board lightly worn. This copy is inscribed by Bret Harte under the pen name 'L.C. Peters' on the front black dated 1870. Housed in a lovely..... READ MORE about POEMS
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 137302
Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1871. small 8vo. Bound in green boards, gilt lettering, Beveled edges. iv, 152 pages. First edition first issue with the error S.T.K. for T.S.K. in caption, p.136. BAL 7253. A near fine copy. Printed by Welch, Bigelow, & Co. With reproduced Harte signature on the front cover. READ MORE about POEMS
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 138065
Illustrated by Arthur I. Keller.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1894. 8vo. Bound in original blue pictorial cloth. 320, 32 pages. Illustrated by Arthur I. Keller. First edition thus, first printing. BAL 7369. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper. A near fine copy. Printed by the Spottiswoode & Co. With List of Books Published by Chatto and Windus at rear. READ MORE about A PROTEGEE OF JACK HAMLIN'S
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 137569
London: Chatto & Windus, 1893. 8vo. Bound in original pictorial red cloth stamped in black and gilt, slipcase. 295, 32 pages. First English edition. BAL 7366. Spine slightly faded, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about SALLY DOWS, ETC
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138056
London: Chatto & Windus, 1893. 8vo. Bound in original pictorial red cloth stamped in black and gilt. 295, 32 pages. First English edition. BAL 7366. Spine slightly faded, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about SALLY DOWS, ETC
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138058
London: Ward and Downey, 1886. 8vo. Bound in decorative green cloth stamped in white and black, gilt-stamped spine title. 254, (1), 16 pages. First edition. Spine slightly faded. Only the slightest hint of wear and soiling to the covers, else a fine copy. Scarce in this condition. Sixteen page catalogue at rear. READ MORE about SNOW-BOUND AT EAGLE'S
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 138049
