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Devil's Ford
Bret Harte
Chatto & Windus, London · 1896
First Edition. Scarce first UK edition of this Bret Harte story collection. Original maroon decorated cloth, frontis. illustration, floral endpapers and earliest catalogue at rear dated July 1896.
Slight spine fading and superficial edge rubbing but a good, sound copy. W.H. Overend (illustrator).
Written by Dr Jeremy Parrott, who has the book in his hands. Nothing here is generated from a catalogue record.
Bibliographic detail
| Author | Harte, Bret |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus, London |
| Date | 1896 |
| Edition | First Edition |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Condition | Good Plus |
| Stock reference | ab_139756690 |