CONDENSED NOVELS
by Harte, Bret
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- first
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- Seller
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Yarmouth, Maine, United States
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About This Item
1871. [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 D-ck-ns, Ch-l-tte Br-nte and W-lk-e C-ll-ns -- plus some other "Civic Sketches" and miscellaneous pieces. Four years later this edition was published, with illustrations by a different artist, and with two additional parodies: "Handsome is as Handsome Does" by Ch--s R--de and "Lothaw" by Mr. Benjamins [Disraeli]; the other sketches and pieces were excluded. "Actually Bret's takeoffs indicated mastery of a minor but difficult literary form; he had the rare ability of dissecting an author's style without undue cruelty or ridicule, of conveying his essentials in the space of a few pages" [O'Connor]. This copy is in green cloth (others were bound in terra-cotta or purple), and is in fine, bright, condition. Blanck 7255. Loosely inserted is a sepia carte-de-visite of a young Bret Harte, by Gurney & Son (of 108 Fifth Avenue, corner of 16th St.); most of the border is trimmed away, including the very corners of the photographic image.
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 D-ck-ns, Ch-l-tte Br-nte and W-lk-e C-ll-ns -- plus some other "Civic Sketches" and miscellaneous pieces. Four years later this edition was published, with illustrations by a different artist, and with two additional parodies: "Handsome is as Handsome Does" by Ch--s R--de and "Lothaw" by Mr. Benjamins [Disraeli]; the other sketches and pieces were excluded. "Actually Bret's takeoffs indicated mastery of a minor but difficult literary form; he had the rare ability of dissecting an author's style without undue cruelty or ridicule, of conveying his essentials in the space of a few pages" [O'Connor]. This copy is in green cloth (others were bound in terra-cotta or purple), and is in fine, bright, condition. Blanck 7255. Loosely inserted is a sepia carte-de-visite of a young Bret Harte, by Gurney & Son (of 108 Fifth Avenue, corner of 16th St.); most of the border is trimmed away, including the very corners of the photographic image.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sumner & Stillman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14866
- Title
- CONDENSED NOVELS
- Author
- Harte, Bret
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- Parody; First Book
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction (19th Century);
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Sumner & Stillman
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Yarmouth, Maine
About Sumner & Stillman
Founded in 1980, Sumner & Stillman is a small family business providing personal service in the buying and selling of literary first editions of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) for over 30 years.
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- Beveled
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