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Uncle Remus His Songs and His Sayings The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation
by Harris, Joel Chandler
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Publisher's brown cloth gilt stamped in gilt and black. Small split to cloth of front joint, a touch of smoke damage to top-edge
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. First edition, first state, with "presumptive" for "presumptuous" in the last line, p. 9, and with no mention of this book in the ads at the back of the book. Frontispiece and 7 plates inserted plus other text illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser. 231, [1], [8, ads) pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Publisher's brown cloth gilt stamped in gilt and black. Small split to cloth of front joint, a touch of smoke damage to top-edge of textblock, gift inscription on front flyleaf, still an attractive, bright copy. In a quarter brown morocco slipcase and chemise. Bookplate of A.W. Lublin. First edition, first state, with "presumptive" for "presumptuous" in the last line, p. 9, and with no mention of this book in the ads at the back of the book. Frontispiece and 7 plates inserted plus other text illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser. 231, [1], [8, ads) pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Attractive copy of this American classic. "The instant success of this first Uncle Remus book caused the greatest flood of dialect literature the country had known ... " (Grolier 100). BAL 7100; Grolier One Hundred American 83; Blockson 101, no. 42
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 314742
- Title
- Uncle Remus His Songs and His Sayings The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation
- Author
- Harris, Joel Chandler
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece and 7 plates inserted plus other text illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser. 231, [1], [8, ads) p
- Book Condition
- Used - Publisher's brown cloth gilt stamped in gilt and black. Small split to cloth of front joint, a touch of smoke damage to top-edge
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first state, with "presumptive" for "presumptuous
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1881
- Keywords
- American | Folklore & Myth | Southern | German | Joel Chandler Harris
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Literature;
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James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
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