[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.....
Or, The Adventures of a Young Gentleman in Search of a Religion. By Mr. Benjamins (Bret Harte...). London: John Camden Hotten, n.d. [1871]. 2 pp preliminary ads plus 8 pp terminal ads dated "for 1872." Original glazed printed wrappers. First Separate Edition of this parody of Benjamin Disraeli's 1870 novel.....
[illustrated by Kate Greenaway] Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. London: Chatto and Windus, n.d. [1886]. Original olive linen with color pictorial covers, all page edges red. First Edition of this 58-page children's fantasy tale that includes 28 color illustrations by Kate Greenaway. There is a very similar American edition, actually printed.....
Devoted to the Development of the Country. Volume I / Volume II. San Francisco: A. Roman & Company, 1868 / 1869. Original morocco-grain green cloth decorated in gilt. These two volumes contain the pre-book publication appearances of parts of Mark Twain's INNOCENTS ABROAD and also, in their entirety, of two.....
