Stories in Light and Shadow.
Bret Harte
(Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1899., Jan. 1, 1899)
Harte, Bret. Stories in Light and Shadow. Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1899. 17cm. 285 pages. Original hardcover / Beautiful quarter leather with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen - Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown. With the initials of Haugaard's father or grandfather (A.H. 1899) to the spine and his ownership stamp to the endpaper: A.Chr. Haugaard - Strandvej 201, Hellerup. [Collection of British authors. Tauchnitz edition]. Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American short story writer and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired. (Wikipedia)