Name/Title
"THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP"Entry/Object ID
2004.261.1.1Description
Color: Red; Gold
"The Luck of Roaring Camp," by Bret Harte (Boston: James R. Osgood and Company,) 1871. The 256-page hardcover book has a red cloth cover with an embossed border on the boards and the title, author's name, and publisher's name on the spine. The work, the most famous of Harte's writings, consists of nine sketches, three stories, and four of what Harte called "Bohemian Papers." There is also a preface from Harte from December 24, 1869. At the front is a pencil inscription from the original owner, dated March 1871 and his ex-libris label on the inside front cover. In fair condition, there is cover edge and corner rubbing, surface abrasions and scratches, acid burns on pages, spine brittleness, dented corners, soiling, page browning, fading, especially heavy on the spine, some evidence of pest damage to the spine, stains on pages and some on the cover, and small tears on the cover fabric at the corners and at the spine.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Books, James R. Osgood and Company, Literature, American