DADDY JAKE THE RUNAWAY by Joel Chandler (Uncle Remus) Harris - 1889

New York: The Century Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1896/1889. Hardcover. Dark Blue cloth hardback. Contains eighteen black and white illustrations. Cover, spine and top edge gilt. Deckle front edge. FO name and very light soil to FFEP but no other marks. Light age tanning throughout. Frontice and pp 19/20 detached but present. Binding loose but holding. Wear to cover edges at spine and corners. Two publishing dates shown. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 326 pages .

London, UK: The Cresham Press, 1890. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The book is in fair condition, shelf rubbing has caused some minor wear on the edges of the book, and over time the aging process his caused a few areas of minor discoloration on the front, spine, and back portions of the book cover, some of the stitching of the binding is loose in areas, with minor cracking on the front interior cover, a few pages have come free of the principle but are still present, the text however appears clean and clear. 'One fine day in September, in the year 1863, there was quite an uproar on the Gaston plantation, in Putnam County, in the State of Georgia. Uncle Jake, the carriage-driver, was missing. He was more than fifty years old, and it was the first time he had been missing since his mistress had been big enough to call him.' 145 pages. 8.5 x 10.5 inches. Illustrated. Photos available upon request..

Hardcover. Very Good. New-York: The Century Co. 1896. Early (2nd) Reprint. Very Good Original pictorial cloth, bright gilt deco. and lettering front cover. Pps. 73-77 loose and laid-in and the signature (page gathering from pps. 65-89 a little loose. Brief edgewear only. The copy of [W R? ] HARRISON with his contmeporary signature on the front fly. No other readers', ex-libr., or blems. Illus. VG throughout.

NY: The Century Co.. Good+. 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. The covers are soiled, with rubbing on the edges. The binding is starting to separate on the front at the spine ends. Contents are very good to very good +. Interior hinges are tight. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 145 pages .

London: T. Fisher Unwin (Ernest Benn Ltd.) 1890. Small 4to. First English edition. Large 8vo., [x.], 146 pp. Original publisher's grey illustrated cloth over bevelled boards, lettered in black and gilt. All edges gilt. A few marks to the cloth but a very good copy. . Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First English Edition. 1890.

NY: The Century Co., 1889. Bound in colorful illustrated boards. Spine shows some darkening and scuffing to extremes -- but overall, a much better than normally encountered of this book. Subtitled, "And Short Stories told after dark". 145 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.