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Free Library of Philadelphia Rare Book Department Bret Harte Collection

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Works: 2,088 works in 2,252 publications in 1 language and 5,122 library holdings
Genres: Fiction  Poetry  Exhibition catalogs  History  Prayers and devotions  Catalogs  Drama  Glossaries, vocabularies, etc  Dictionaries  Humorous fiction 
Classifications: PS1829, 813.4
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East and West : poems by Bret Harte( Book )

1 edition published in 1871 in English and held by 252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thirty-four poems on various topics
Colonel Starbottle's client : and some other people by Bret Harte( Book )

2 editions published in 1892 in English and held by 215 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The crusade of the Excelsior by Bret Harte( Book )

1 edition published in 1887 in English and held by 168 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bret Harte was one of the most important image makers of the Pacific slope during and immediately after the American Civil War. "The Crusade of the Excelsior" is an outstanding parable, published in 1887, it demonstrates serious social criticism. It has picturesque setting that helps the reader to comprehend the accurate theme of the story. Moving!
Echoes of the foot-hills by Bret Harte( Book )

1 edition published in 1875 in English and held by 167 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Four talks for bibliophiles by Free Library of Philadelphia( Book )

3 editions published in 1958 in English and held by 166 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gabriel Conroy by Bret Harte( Book )

2 editions published in 1876 in English and held by 157 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Novel of an honest young miner in the mountains and his family and troubles
Clarence by Bret Harte( Book )

1 edition published in 1895 in English and held by 155 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Clarence was just turning from the gate with the marks of his wife's hand still red upon his cheek." Rancher Clarence Brant finds himself embroiled in disturbances legal and domestic in this 1895 novel, featuring the eye for frontier detail and ear for speech that won worldwide acclaim for Bret Harte
A first family of Tasajara by Bret Harte( Book )

1 edition published in 1892 in English and held by 152 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The lectures of Bret Harte by Bret Harte( Book )

1 edition published in 1909 in English and held by 127 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cressy by Bret Harte( Book )

1 edition published in 1889 in English and held by 117 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When the twenty-year-old master at the Indian Spring country school took charge of his duties in this rural California community, one of his moves was to curtail the embarrassing and disruptive school-hours "courtship" between students Cressy, sixteen, and nineteen-year-old Seth. The conference with the parents resulted in the withdrawal of the lovers, and possibly the good-will of the families. But now that Cressy returned to school, had the master's protest been accepted, or had the engagement itself been broken off?
From sand hill to pine by Bret Harte( Book )

1 edition published in 1900 in English and held by 113 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Flip ; and, Found at Blazing Star by Bret Harte( Book )

1 edition published in 1882 in English and held by 112 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two men of Sandy Bar : a drama by Bret Harte( Book )

2 editions published in 1876 in English and held by 111 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Drift from two shores by Bret Harte( Book )

1 edition published in 1878 in English and held by 95 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In the Carquinez woods by Bret Harte( Book )

1 edition published in 1883 in English and held by 41 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The sun was going down on the Carquinez Woods. The few shafts of sunlight that had pierced their pillared gloom were lost in unfathomable depths, or splintered their ineffectual lances on the enormous trunks of the redwoods. For a time the dull red of their vast columns, and the dull red of their cast-off bark which matted the echoless aisles, still seemed to hold a faint glow of the dying day. But even this soon passed
Rokeby; : a poem. by Walter Scott( Book )

1 edition published in 1813 in English and held by 40 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The orthodox communicant : by way of meditation on the order for the administration of the Lord's-Supper, or Holy Communion : according to the liturgy of the Church of England by Laurence Howel( Book )

1 edition published in 1721 in English and held by 39 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Out of the hurly-burly, or, Life in an odd corner by Charles Heber Clark( Book )

3 editions published in 1874 in English and held by 39 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Saints, scribes, and scholars : an exhibition of illuminated manuscripts and early printed books from the collections of the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia by Free Library of Philadelphia( Book )

2 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 34 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia : a guide by Marie Elena Korey( Book )

4 editions published between 1989 and 1996 in English and held by 25 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

 
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Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Dept.

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