Gabriel Conroy

Brown 'S' cloth over boards, blind stamped on covers with triple rules enclosing rectangle with dot & scrolls pattern at corners; gilt letters and filigree pattern on spine; bright, clean covers & spine; slightly rubbed at spine ends, not split or frayed; tightly bound; end papers age darkened; crisp & clean interior; stamp on rear pastedown from Rare Books Curator… Read more about this item

Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1876. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 466 pages; 1876, No Dust Jacket, Leather Binding, Book Shows Wear, Show shelf Rubbed, Book Shows Heavy Wear, Detached Case Text is somewhat clean of markings seen  32 B&W Illustrations. ; BX463 .

Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. An 1876 first edition of Bret Harte's only full-length novel, which is a romance set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush. Bret Harte (1836-1902) was born in Albany NY but moved to California as a young man where he worked as… Read more about this item

Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1876. Hinges cracked, wear at ends of spine, some light browning. 8vo (21 x 14.5 inches). xi, 466, [1] pages. Frontispiece and 32 plates. Publisher's cloth. Provenance: Allan T. Hayes (early ownership inkstamp at head of Chapter 1). FIRST EDITION, second state (reading "copyrighted"), Binding B. BAL 7285.

Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Co., 1876. first edition. Hardcover. Very good. 7 x 9 in. Brown cloth boards. First state with bear on spine. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers clean with some faint discolorations. Spine sunned to a paler brown, cloth has a couple of wrinkles at sides of spine. Mild shelf wear. Binding tight. Endpapers and… Read more about this item

CT: American Publishing Co, 1876. Book. NVG. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. Book has owner signature, bumped and worn corners and spine. Gilt lettering on the spine is complete and clean. First edition second state..

Hartford, CT: American Publishing Co, 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition, second state (reading "copyrighted" rather than "copyright"). Front pastedown with contemporary inked inscription; very good in moderately worn cloth with the spinal extremities rubbed and the back cover spotted. Harte's only full length novel, *Gabriel Conroy*, a Gold Rush-era romance.

Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, 1876. First US Edition. Hardcover. 466pp. BAL issue B, binding 2, sequence undetermined. Brown cloth blind stamped on front and rear panel, stamped in gold and blind on the spine. Frontispiece and thirty-two inserted plates. Tiny tear to spine head and lower rear corner, two small faint spots to back cover. A bright near… Read more about this item

Hartford, CT: American Publishing Co., 1876. Tall 8vo. 466, [2] pp. Frontisp., 32 plates. Lavender-coloured cloth, black & gilt embossing, decoration & lettering on front cover & spine (minor chipping head & foot of spine, spotting to spine, wear to corners, minor bumping to corners, front inner hinge starting), still a G copy. First edition of Harte’s one serious… Read more about this item

Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1876. original mauve cloth decoratively stamped in gilt and black. 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.

Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1876. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark grey cloth, gilt. xi, 466pp. Frontispiece, 32 full-page illustrations. Good plus. Tight-hinged and handleable and internally quite nice, though binding edgeworn and rubbed. First edition, later state, of Harte's only full-length novel, a Gold Rush romance.

Hartford, Conn: American Publishing Company. Very Good. 1876. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket. This binding not noted by Blanck--brown cloth, small bear stamped in black on the spine. Spine ends frayed, joints and hinges sound, binding tight, text clean. ; Xi p. , 2 l. , 17-466 p. , 1 l. Front. , plates. 22 cm.; First… Read more about this item

Hartford, CT: Hartford, Conn American Publishing Co 1876., 1876. The author (1836-1902) is best remembered for his accounts of pioneer life in California. First state binding. See BAL 7285. 466pp.. First American Edition. Brown Cloth. Moderate Wear and Soiling/No Jacket. Octavo.

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1876. Book. Good+. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book is bound in 3/4 leather over marbled boards. Raised bands. Bright gilt title on spine. Scuffing to the paper boards and wear to the edges. Interior clean, tight, and unmarked. No split hinges. Book is one of the series "Collections of British Authors, Tauchnitz Edition".… Read more about this item

American Publishing Company, Hartford, 1876. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, G. 467pp, engraved frontis, 32 engraved plates, ink signature on cloth, cobers bumped, contents sound. Fiction set in the American West, giving a vivid portrait of mining life in the early days of the American Gold Rush. Authors longest novel.

Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, 1876. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, brown cloth, gilt titling only on spine. Second issue (no priority): the title-leaf is not a cancel, and the copyright notice reads, "Copyrighted [sic]"; in state 2 of the binding in brown S cloth without a small bear stamped in black on the spine [… Read more about this item

1 . hardback. Very Good. Illustrated. 1st ed. Hartford (American Publishing Co.) 1876. Small namestamp on title and dedication page else a very nice copy. (Bal.7285, Title-page "B", binding "A")

Hartford:: American Publishing Company,. Very Good. 1877. Hardcover. Illustrated. Not a first, but an early printing. Octavo, bound in brown, decorated cloth with gilt lettering and design along the spine. Trace edge wear, age toning to page edges, else very good. Binding is solid and tight.; 467 pages .

Hartford: American Publishing Co, 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first binding (mauve cloth). Cloth hardbound with gilt designs and titles, illustrated, 466 pp., clean unmarked text. Very good+ copy with bookplate to front pastedown, slight soiling to covers, light soil to couple pages of the text (especially the outer pages/endpapers), minor rubbing and edgewear to… Read more about this item

Belford Brothers. Very Good. 1876. Hardcover. First American edition. BAL 7295. 3/4 green leather over green silk. 5 raised bands, gilt decorations and title, a little dull. Green marbled end papers, top edge gilt. Edges a little worn.; 0.0 X 0.0 X 0.0 inches .