New York, NY: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905. Book. Illus. by A. B. Frost; J. M. Conde; Frank Verbeck. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. vi + 296 pp, tissue frontispiece, The Reason Why & 16 titled chapters, list of 17 full pages b&w illustrations. Previous owner's name & date, name of gift-giver, inked on ffep. binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, reddish cover cloth crisp and unworn. 6" x 8.5" red cloth covered boards, gilt fr & spine design and letters, with b&w design pressed on, & gilt top-edge. with Glassine wrapper.

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 007399
Title: Told By Uncle Remus: new stories of the old plantation
Author: Harris, Joel Chandler
Illustrator: A. B. Frost; J. M. Conde; Frank Verbeck
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: McClure, Phillips & Co.
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 1905
Keywords: Classic American literature - storytellers - Old South USA
Bookseller catalogs: LITERATURE;
Size: Octavo

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Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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