A Night at Wingdam by Bret Harte together with a letter from the author to Dr. J. L. Ver Mehr
San Francisco: Published for its members by The Book Club of California, 1936. xi, 10p., calendared paperstock, sepia device on title page (and other decorations) by Henry Shire; first edition in this format. Sewn into 9.5x6.4 inch plain printed wraps, one of 500 copies printed by Plantin Press in Los Angeles. Dust-soiled with a small bump to a corner-tip affecting all leaves, good copy. The Idwal Jones prefatory remarks run four pages, and remind us that Harte was scarcely twenty-four when he penned these impressions of Gold Rush life in "Wingdam" camp. Literary pamphlets number six.
Cat.No: 180041
Price: $20.00
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