Search Results: tales of the gold rush by harte bret

NY: Heritage Press. Good; some wear. 1944. Hardbound. 222 pages .

The Heritage Press, 1944T. hardcover. Good. . Cover/edges have light wear. Pages are clean/intact.\r\n

The Heritage Press, 1944T. hardcover. Good. . Has noticeable wear / dirtiness.\r\n

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… Read More

New York: Heritage Press. Very good copy in worn slipcase. 1944. 1st. hardcover. Tall 8vo, 223 pp., Introduction by Oscar Lewis. .

Heritage Press, January 1944. Hardcover. Acceptable.

The Heritage Press, January 1944. Hardcover. Used - Acceptable.

New York : Heritage Press, 1944-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.1102 9.1299 6.5709. Cover and edges shows shelf wear and minor tanning. Pages shows light tanning.

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.

NY: The Heritage Press, 1944 Book. Illus. by Fletcher Martin. Very Good -. Hardcover. Minor edgewear; spine strip is lightly faded; slipcase has light edgewear. A collection of stories about the great California Gold Rush - "one of the most stirring episodes of human history". Illustrated with drawings..

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.

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

heritage press, 1944. Hardcover. Good. fletcher martin. not ex-library copy.. hardcover edition issued without dustjacket...binding solid..text unmarked..NOT EX-LIB..

New York: The Heritage Press, 1944. [xiv], 223pp [some scuffing and wear to covers]. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Fletcher Martin. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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. .

New York: Heritage Press, 1944. Slip Case is rubbed and lightly chipped. Cover has light wear, spinecover slightly tanning. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Signed & dated by owner.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case. Illus. by Martin, Fletcher. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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.

Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press 223 pages. Cloth covers are darkened along the joint of the top board at the spine. There are a couple of small smudges on the blank front fly leaf.. Cloth - Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Fletcher Martin.

The Heritage Press, January 1944. Hardcover. Used - Good. Book is in really good shape, minor wear. Slipcase has a lot of shelf wear.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1944. Bound in white quarter cloth and gold metallic mottled boards, sans DW; some scraping to front & rear panels; introduction by Oscar Lewis; two color illustrations by Fletcher Martin; 223pp.. First Thus. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket. Illus. by MARTIN, Fletcher.