Buy this book on-line Harte, Bret : A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready and Devil's FordHoughton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, MA, 1887
Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Lightly impressed decorations on covers and spine. All edges stained orange. Gray-teal endpapers. 4 1/4" x 6." 299 pages, complete. Two additional pages of advertisements for other books in the back. Two bookplates from former owners on front pastedown and front free endpaper (one on each); one shows a man perusing a library on a book ladder; the other shows a coat of arms with the name, "Chase." Printed by the Riverside Press in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Pages slightly age-toned. A Fine copy. Two historical fiction stories about Gold Rush life in California. "Rough-and-Ready" refers to the actual mining town of Rough and Ready in California. Bret Harte (1836-1902) was an American author who was born in Albany, New York. Harte moved to California in 1853 and became well-known for his short stories and poems about the life, culture, and people of the California Gold Rush. As he traveled more and visited new places, he incorporated those experiences into his writings. However, Harte is still best-known for his works about the Gold Rush to this day. Referenced in the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL) as no. 7339.. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Harte, Bret : A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready and Devil's Ford. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri rari, collectables, used books, rare books and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |