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 #64Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings. The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$625

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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 blue cloth stamped in gilt and black, white endpapers printed with butterfly pattern in gray-olive. First Edition.

First issue, with "presumptive" for "presumptuous" in last line, page 9, and without mention of this book in catalogue at rear. Author's first book. BAL 7100; Peter Parley to Penrod, 56-57; Grolier American 100, 83.

Condition:

Some light soiling to cloth, hinges repaired; light staining in margins; very good.

Item#:

200376

Headline:

Uncle Remus His Songs and His Sayings 1st Edn
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