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NY: Heritage Press. Good; some wear. 1944. Hardbound. 222 pages .
Tales of The Gold Rush by Harte, Bret - 1980
by Harte, Bret
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Tales of The Gold Rush
by Harte, Bret
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Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1980. Leather bound . Collector's Edition. BINDING/CONDITION: brown leather with gilt text and decorations; raised spine bands; all edges gilt; ribbon place marker; Fine condition. Illustrated by Fletcher Martin; introduction by Oscar Lewis. This frontis portrait of Harte is by Bob Dacey. This is from the publisher's series, Masterpieces of American Literature. small 4to (about 10.25 inches tall) 223 pages. Silk moire endpapers.
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- Publisher Easton Press
- Place of Publication Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published 1980
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Tales of the Gold Rush
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Tales Of The Gold Rush
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Tales Of The Gold Rush by Bret Harte (slipcased)introduction by Oscar Lewispublished by Heritage PressHardcover in slipcase6.6 x 10.15 inches, 223 pages Harte's short stories are humorous tales, but there are different kinds of humor. For instance, some kinds of humor are based on the disruption of expectation, while others are based on seeing the imperfection in the good. But Harte's humor is different from either of these. The humor in Harte's tales is that which is less funny -- although sometimes, as in "Prosper's 'Old Mother'", it becomes hilarious -- than good humored, is that of seeing the good in the hopelessly flawed. It is a form of humor that is at once frankly realistic and yet romantically optimistic. Wrongdoers cannot evade the consequences of their sins, but they receive any respect their good works can get them. An impenitent sinner can never be a saint, and the disreputable and rough-hewn can never fit the role of social exemplar -- but they have all the nobility of being human and…
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Tales of the Gold Rush
by Harte, Bret
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New York: Heritage Press. Very good copy in worn slipcase. 1944. 1st. hardcover. Tall 8vo, 223 pp., Introduction by Oscar Lewis. .
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Tales of the Gold Rush
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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Heritage Press, January 1944. Hardcover. Acceptable.
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Tales of the Gold Rush
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New York: Heritage Press [ca. 1944]. 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall. F 1st thus Used. H Hard Cover (with slipcase). Good. Good in cloth & boards (Light shelfwear to slipcase, chipping to spine tips) 4to, small xix+444pp Introduction by Oscar Lewis.
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Tales of the Gold Rush
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
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Heritage Press, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good. Fletcher Martin. A Very Good Book in a Very Good Slipcase. Book has light tanning to spine. Slipcase has moderate wear around the extremities.
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Tales of the Gold Rush
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Heritage Press, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. 1944. special contents of this edition. 223 pages. Gold and black paperbacked hardback with white cloth spine. Gold slipcase. Colour illustrations. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding is shaky, however pages remain fully attached. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Spine is heavily tanned. Book has forward lean. Slipcase has moderate bumping. White and black staining present.
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Tales of the Gold Rush
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Binghamton, New York, United States
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New York: Heritage, 1944. 1st thus? . hard. Very Good. No names, clean text, edgewear to bds. Intro by Oscar Lewis. 13stories. Martin was noted Woodstock NY Colony artist Fletcher Martin artwork. very good, no slipcase, beige cloth w/ copper-toned bds, tight 223 pgs
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tales of the gold rush
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krotz springs, Louisiana, United States
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heritage press, 1944. Hardcover. Good. fletcher martin. not ex-library copy.. hardcover edition issued without dustjacket...binding solid..text unmarked..NOT EX-LIB..
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Tales Of The Gold Rush
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Heritage Press. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. A clean tight copy, showing light shelf and edge wear only. .
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