Uncle Remus [6 Volumes] by Joel Chandler Harris - 1881

USA: D. Appleton and Company, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1881. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jackets. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Frederick S. Church, James H. Moser, A. B. Frost, E.W. Kemble, J.M. Conde,Frank Verbeck. 1st Printing 6 Copyright dates are 1881,1883,1892,1904,1905 and 1907. All books are first editions None of these books have Dust Jackets they are all hardcovers. Book-1 Uncle Remus, brown cloth over boards with gilt and black lettering and design on the front and spine, blind stamped boarder. Pink inside covers front and back. Light wear to the edges and the head and toe of the spine "presumtuous" in last line of p.9, and 8 pages of publisher's advertisements. Book Two-Nights with Uncle Remus, New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company. Good with no dust jacket, as issued. 1883. Hardcover. Boards have noticeable scuff/wear on corners and edges from years of use, typical of an antiquarian book of this age, both spine corners have some chipping, some minor looseness of spine cover, Previous owners name written on the inside front cover. Book Three-Uncle Remus and His Friends, Green cloth over boards. Original gilt and black decorations sharp & bright; green cloth boards lightly soiled from handling; rubbed spine & corners. Light racking at first signature & p.141, otherwise, solid binding. A curved 1" tear from margin of .p 141; most illustrated pages have lower 1-2" loose from binding. Pages are clean & sharp w/1 or 2 small spots of soil from handling. Book 4- The Tar-Baby. And Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1904. First edition. Octavo. xiv, 190, [2] pages. Frontispiece and eight additional plates; in-text illustrations and illustrated borders throughout. Publisher's light orange cloth, spine and front stamped in gilt; top edge of text block trimmed and gilt. Binding a bit soiled, with white stain at rear board and fairly minor wear at extremities. Text block softly dulled with age, particularly at edges. Very good.Book 5-Told by UNCLE REMUS new stories of the Old Plantations, McClure, Phillips & Co Oct-05. hardcover Good+ no edition stated 8vo, red cloth binding with gold lettering, black and white stamped illustration, half of illustration rubbed off front cover, lettering on spine faded, top edge gilt, rear inner hinge starting, owner's gift writing on front endpaper, some foxing.Book 6-Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit, New York:: Frederick A. Stokes Company,, 1907.. First edition.. publisher's cloth-backed boards illustrated in color.. Boards soiled and worn; corners rounded; front (inner) hinge repaired and rear hinge Illustrated in color throughout.