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[HARTE, Bret]. First printing of ?The Heathen Chinee? in Th...
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[HARTE, Bret]. First printing of ?The Heathen Chinee? in The Overland Monthly. Vol. 5 No. 3 of The Overland Monthly (San Francisco: John H. Carmany & Co., 1870). Harte?s poem ?Plain Language from Truthful James? (later renamed and more popularly known as ?The Heathen Chinee?) appears on pp. 287-8. Original wrappers (cleanly detached), sewn. 8vo. With illustrated advts. Text in two columns.
