Complete run of the first series of this important San Francisco literary magazine, edited by Bret Harte and the venue for the publication of some of his most famous early stories, including "The Luck of Roaring Camp" (which appeared in the second issue, Augusts 1868), "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," "Tennessee's Partner," "Plain Language from Truthful James," and others. Other contributor's included J. Ross Browne, Ina Coolbrith (an associate editor), Clarence King, Prentice Mulford, E.R. Sill, and C.W. Stoddard. This run is complete and unbroken from the inception of the magazine until its collapse in 1875. It was revived in 1883, with little immediate success (Ambrose Bierce called the 1883 successor "the warmed-Overland Monthly"). This set has various bindings: Vols. I-V in green cloth decorated in gilt; Vols. VI & VIII in original wrappers, the six issued in each volume set in morocco & marbled boards folder; Vol. X in half tan calf & marbled boards; the remainder in half calf & cloth with various spine decorations and lettering designs.