HANDSOME SET OF THE WORKS OF BRET HARTE, SIGNED BY HIM
HARTE, Bret. The Writings. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, (1896-1914). Twenty volumes. Octavo, three-quarter scarlet crushed morocco gilt, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt.
Author's Autograph Edition, one of 350 copies signed, numbered and dated Sept. 1896 by Harte, and illustrated throughout throughout with tissue-guarded photogravure plates.
Includes the scarce Volume XX (Stories and Poems), published separately in 1914 in a limited edition. BAL 7384. Owner's signatures.
A few volumes with light expert restoration and occasional rubbing. A handsome set.