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Harte, F. Bret. Condensed Novels and Other Papers. G. W. Carleton & Co, 1867.
Price: US$29.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" First edition of Harte's first book (as sole author). Original plum cloth stamped in gilt (some soiling and wear to cloth; some smudging to text; plates are browned; lacking rear endpaper; a few pencil notes).Illustrated by Frank Bellew.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Embossed violet blue cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering. The volume is rubbed, bumped on the corners and spine ends, and has 1/8" split on the crown. The spine is lightly sunned and the gilt lettering is somewhat faded. The front hinge is just starting, the last two leaves have fore-edge soiling, and an ownership name has been penned to the second endpaper. The Frank Bellew illustrations are on a darker colored stock and the 4 page ad at the rear of the book is unopened. Other than editorial credits, this is Bret Harte's first published book.
Seller: Trilby & Co. Books, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Harte, F. Bret. Condensed Novels and Other Papers. G. W. Carleton & Co., 1867.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Moderate wear to the cover. Sunning has occurre on the covers spine. Inside front hing has started to crack but remains mostly intact. Minimal staining to the pages.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Harte, F. Bret. Condensed Novels and Other Papers. G. W. Carleton & Company, New York, 1867.
Price: US$45.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 307 pages, plus ads. 7 1/2" x 5", green cloth covers with gilt titling to the spine. The covers are scuffed and slightly soiled with rubbed and frayed spine ends and corners. Previous owner notes on the front paste down, the front hinge is cracked. The contents are bright and complete with "comic illustrations" by Frank Bellew. A Good+ copy.
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Harte, Bret. Condensed Novels And Other Papers. G. W. Carleton & Co., NY 1867, 1867.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated by Frank Bellew first edition ed. hardback good+ conditiion in purple-red cloth with some wear and a bit of spine sunning - shipping via USPS
Seller: Wonderland Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Harte, F. Bret. CONDENSED NOVELS. AND OTHER PAPERS.. G. W. Carleton & Company, New York, 1867.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 307 pages plus ads. 1st edition. This copy belonged to Thomas Bailey Aldrich, a nineteenth century author. Book is inscribed to him compliments of the publishers and a small character drawing is included. Covers are very worn and spotted, especially the front cover; front and rear hinges are cracked; all endpapers are stained from removal of tape. Internally, the book is clean and tight. Good in a reddish brown cloth. (123)
Seller: Colorado Pioneer Books, Centennial, CO, U.S.A.
Harte, Bret. CONDENSED NOVELS. AND OTHER PAPERS.|THE. G. W. Carleton & Company, New York, 1867.
Price: US$72.00 + shipping
Description: 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. Bound in dark green blind and gilt-stamped cloth, light blue endpapers. In slipcase
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
HARTE, F. Bret. Condensed Novels and Other Papers. G.W. Carleton & Company, New York, 1867.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Early Edition. Large 12mo. In dustjacket. Blue fabric with embossed designs and bands to covers. Gilt lettering to spine. First Book. Black and white illustrations. Author was an American short story writer and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the?California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired. Good in Good dustjacket. Soiling to covers. Sunning to spine. Rubbing to spine head and tail. Minor bumping to corners. Foxing to endpapers, but textblock clean otherwise with minor stray marks. Binding tight.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$148.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Hardcover, no jacket. Text unmarked, binding strong. Some notes/drawings on endpapers, and an owner's name on title page. Exterior worn, with bumped corners. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available! (Heavy books & sets may require extra shipping charges.)
Seller: Big Star Books, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cloth. 1st edition. Author's first book. BAL 7240: "1500 copies printed."
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Harte, F. Bret.. Condensed Novels: And Other Papers.. New York: G. W. Carleton., 1867.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 12mo. 307 pp. Very Good, Blue Cloth, light damage along spine; some staining, rubbing, & edge wear on covers; slight yellowing & foxing of some pages & edges of text block, some staining on end papers, shelf wear. Pencil scribbles on FFEP. Provenance: John Ruyle. Illustrated. Mylar Jacket. Harte's first book. First Edition.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Harte, F. Bret. Condensed Novels. And Other Papers. G. W. Carleton & Company, New York, 1867.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Pp. x, [11]-307, [308, blank], [4, ads]. Illustrated with "comic illustrations" by Frank Bellew. Publisher's dark green blind and gilt-stamped cloth, light blue endpapers. Owner's pencil signature on flyleaf (Arthur S. Rosenblatt of San Francisco). Bookplate on inner cover. Very minor dinging to spine ends and two corners. Some foxing to extreme fore-edge of text block, but a remarkably fine, bright and clean copy. Although not stated, apparently there were only 1500 copies of this work published as Harte himself states, ".my contract with Carleton of New York expired with his first and only edition of the Condensed Novels (fifteen hundred copies).". The book was reprinted by Osgood, in 1871. "Some of the sketches that appear after the burlesques of popular novels have California settings. Born in Albany, Harte (1836-1902) moved to California in 1854 where he worked as a clerk, teacher, reporter, etc. These experiences were the basis for his writings. He is best remembered for his Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches (1870) and his poem, The Heathen Chinee. The present work is a volume of parodies. [Baird & Greenwood, Annotated Bibliography of California Fiction: 1086; BAL: 7240].
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.