Bret Harte — A Protegee of Jack Hamlin&Apos;S

London, Chatto and Windus, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A collection of short stories by Bret Harte. The first UK edition , published the same year as the true first American edition. With a 32 page publisher's catalogue to the rear dated Feb 1894, (Sadleir 1155). Illustrated throughout, with a frontispiece and a further 25 vignette and full page designs. This work contains six stories by Bret Harte, an American short story writer and poet. In original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart with small patches of minor rubbing to extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Small amount of bumping to the head and tail of spine. Front hinge is slightly strained but firm. Prior owner's pencil notations to the half-title page. Internally, generally firmly bound but strained in places. Pages are bright with light scattered spots throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .