Three Partners, or The Big Strike on Heavy Tree Hill

HARTE, Bret (1836-1902)

Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1897

About this Item

First printing ("1897" on the copyright page and title page), issued simultaneously with the London edition, of this late Jack Hamlin novel, set in the California Gold Rush. Small 8vo: [4],342pp. Publisher's brown S cloth (also issued in red V cloth, no priority noted), upper cover stamped in black, spine lettered in gilt, olive clay-coated end papers. A Fine, lightly read copy, spine unfaded, gilt lettering bright. Provenance: "Robert Shortz" (perhaps the author of "The Gift of Bonaparte" and "The Girdle of God") in an elegant script to the front paste-down. BAL 7385. Kozlay Collection, 312. Wright 2557. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

Seller Inventory # BB1027

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Three Partners, or The Big Strike on Heavy Tree Hill
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
• Publication Date: 1897
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • XIX CENTURY