The heathen Chinee ... With illustrations

by S. Eytinge, Jr. by Bret Harte

$250 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1871. 16mo, pp. 6 , 21, 1 ; 7 full-page wood engravings; original pictorial orange wrappers; light soiling, but near fine; contained in a red cloth slipcase, gilt lettering on spine. Harte's satire of bigotry overestimated the reading comprehension of his targets, and his Heathen Chinee became a wildly popular poem among racists. BAL 7248 F and 7425 issue B. Item #67866

• Binding: Wrappers

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