American author (1836-1902) best known for his colorful tales of California pioneers, including the much-anthologized story 'The Outcasts of Poker Flat.' Signed book: The Complete Works of Bret Harte, Vols. I and II [of a ten-volume set]. London: Chatto and Windus, 1880. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.75, totaling 843 pages. Signed and inscribed on a free end page in ink, "To Jenny Van Wyck Mason, from her friend, Bret Harte, London, Feb'y 11th 1881." Autographic condition: very good to fine, with scattered staining to the signed page. Book condition: VG-/None, with edgewear and rubbing to boards, some foxing to textblock, a few annotations to the text and table of contents, and a magazine clipping affixed opposite the signed page.
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