POEMS

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"POEMS"

Entry/Object ID

2004.69.1.1

Description

Color: Brown; Gold "Poems" by Bret Harte (Reprint ed., Boston: James R. Osgood and Company,) 1873. The 152-page hardcover book has a brown cloth cover with a facsimile of Harte's signature on the center of the front within a gold border. The title, author's name, and publisher's logo are on the spine. The work consists of thirteen poems at the beginning and sections entitled "In Dialect;" "Poems from 1860 to 1868;" and "Parodies" that consist of twenty-three other poems, all dealing with California subjects. With light corner and edge rubbing on the cover; acid burns on some pages; light soiling; page discoloration; minor fading of spine lettering; foxing; page stains; and small tears to cover fabric, the overall condition is good.

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Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Books, James R. Osgood and Company, Poetry, American

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Object Name

Books