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Ask a question or Order this book Browse our books Search our books Book dealer info | Author: HARTE, BRET (1836-1902) Title: Tales of the gold rush Description: New York : Heritage Press 1944. Heritage Press Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked. cloth-backed. decorated boards. The classic Heritage Press design. Heritage Press Sandglass. no. x31. loosely inserted. Some spots of foxing to the cloth backing. Slight dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. In a slipcase which is slightly edge-worn. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. ; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 223 pages; Physical description: xii. 223p. colour illus. ; 26cm. Contents: The luck of Roaring camp.--The outcasts of Poker Flat. --Miggles. --Tennessee's partner. --Brown of Calaveras. --The idyl of Red Gulch. --The iliad of Sandy Bar. --The poet of Sierra Flat. --How Santa Claus came to Simpson's bar. --An apostle of the Tules. --An ingenue of the Sierras. --A protegee of Jack Hamlin's. --Prosper's 'Old Mother.' Subjects: California Gold Rush -- United States -- Fiction -- Short stories. Notes: 'The special contents of this edition are copyright. 1944 by George Macy Companies. inc.' --verso title page. by Bret Harte ; illustrated by Fletcher Martin ; with an introduction by Oscar Lewis.Weight in Kg appr.: Keywords: Price: EUR 18.95 = appr. US$ 20.60 Seller: MW Books - Book number: 213924 |