Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings. The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation

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Sale 399: Illustrated & Children's Books - Fine Books in All Fields (#399) 03/12/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #65Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings. The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation

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Title:

Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings. The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation

Author:

Harris, Joel Chandler

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

D. Appleton

Date Published:

1881

Description:

231 pp. + [8] pp. publisher's catalogue at rear. Plates and text illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser. 7½x5, pictorial brown cloth stamped in gilt and black, white endpapers printed with butterfly pattern in pink. First Edition, Third Issue.

Third issue, with "presumptuous" in last line, page 9, and with praise for this title in catalogue at rear. Author's first book. BAL 7100; Peter Parley to Penrod, 56-57; Grolier American 100, 83.

Condition:

Extremities rubbed, joints starting; previous owner's name stamped several times on endpapers and title page; good.

Item#:

200377

Headline:

Uncle Remus His Songs and His Sayings 1st Edn
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