Tales of the Argonauts by Bret Harte (1907) hardcover book

Bret Harte - Tales of the Argonauts

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1907 (first published in 1872). Riverside Edition. The Writings of Bret Harte Vol. II (volume 2 only). Hardcover. 8vo. Navy boards with gold lettering. Gilt top-stain. 440pp. Fair condition. Faint (previously erased) pencil annotation to the upper edge of the front endpaper/rear pastedown. Stray pen markings to the rear endpaper. Minor separation of the text-block from the spine. Creasing, toning, scratching, smudging, and discoloration to the outer/inner boards, endpapers, pages of the text, and the text-block edge. The dust jacket is not priced and is in fair condition. Light sun-fading to the spine. Edge-wear to the perimeter of the dust jacket. Creasing, toning, scratching, smudging, and discoloration to all faces of the dust jacket. Some chipping to the upper/lower dust jacket spine. Some wear and chipping to corners and hinges. Creasing to the inner flaps of the dust jacket (at the corners). Extensive chipping to the upper edge and upper spine of the dust jacket (see photos). Open tear to the lower dust jacket spine. Some staining to the spine of the dust jacket.

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