London: Spencer Blackett, [1888]. Original tan printed wrappers. First (English) Edition of this novel -- quite likely (per Blanck) issued simultaneously with both the Boston edition and the Toronto edition. Part I of the novel follows the residents of sleepy North Liberty, Connecticut, on a particulartly bleak Sunday of March.....
Receipt, in Harte's hand with his name written out, dated "July 18th / 87", plus Letter to Messrs. Boosey & Co, dated "July 27th '97" Both one-page: the former on "15 Upper Hamilton Terrace N.W." stationery, the latter a bifolium with Harte's address of "Arford House, Headley, Hants" written by.....
[FINE, with carte-de-visite] With Illustrations by S. Eytinge, Jr. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. Original green cloth, beveled. First Enlarged Edition of Bret Harte's first book. CONDENSED NOVELS was initially published by Carleton in 1867, as a volume of 15 parodies of novels by such authors as Ch-r-s.....
Presented by Enoch Morgan's Sons Co., New York. Five Points NY: Donaldson Brothers, n.d. [1877]. Original light blue wrappers decorated in black and sepia. First Edition of this illustrated poem -- quite possibly an earlier state than either of those documented by Blanck. Written as hack-work at a time when.....
![Item #15361 A WAIF OF THE PLAINS. [inscribed]. Bret Harte](https://sumnerandstillman.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/15361.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1696272195)
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1890. Original royal blue cloth decorated in black, page edges stained orange. First American Edition, published about two months after the edition in London (where Harte was then living). This copy is from the first printing, with (across from the title page).....
