CLARENCE ... With 8 Illustrations by A. Jule Goodman. London: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, 1895. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-254 [255: publisher's device] [256: blank] + 32-page publisher's catalogue dated "July, 1895" inserted at rear, eight inserted plates with illustrations by A. Jule Goodman, title page printed in red and black, publisher's pictorial blue cloth stamped in light blue, orange, black and gold, all edges untrimmed, decorated endpapers with floral pattern printed in blue. First edition. The last of three short novels, A WAIF OF THE PLAINS (1890), SUSY, A STORY OF THE PLAINS (1893) and CLARENCE (1885), that comprise one complete story. The first part of CLARENCE is set in California; the second part is set in the field during the American Civil War, at which point, Clarence is a general in the Union army. "Clarence is developed from a boy, through circumstances, to a cool, determined man, showing at times the traits of his father, Hamilton Brant, the desperado, always keeping up to the standard of conduct he had set for himself as a boy." - Quinn, American Fiction, p. 239. Baird and Greenwood, California Fiction 1084. BAL 7375. See Wright (III) 2530. Slight spine lean, a very good copy. (#178328).
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