LITTLE MR. THIMBLEFINGER AND HIS QUEER COUNTRY: What the Children Saw and Heard There.
by Harris, Joel Chandler (1848-1908)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine in beige cloth with gilt and dark brown lettering, an illustration of a wolf and rabbit on the front cover in dark br
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About This Item
Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, (c 1894). Hardcover -. Near fine in beige cloth with gilt and dark brown lettering, an illustration of a wolf and rabbit on the front cover in dark brown and green. Small bookplate on front pastedown. . Early printing. A collection of stories by this journalist and folklorist, who was best known for the Uncle Remus stories. Brief introduction in which Harris explains that the stories fall in three categories - some were part of Black folklore, but were not included in the Uncle Remus stories, others were from South Georgia with roots in England, and some were inventions. A lovely production illustrated with a frontispiece with a tissue guard and 31 internal full page plates on glossy stock by Oliver Herford. All edges tinted green. 230 pp.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84781
- Title
- LITTLE MR. THIMBLEFINGER AND HIS QUEER COUNTRY: What the Children Saw and Heard There.
- Author
- Harris, Joel Chandler (1848-1908)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in beige cloth with gilt and dark brown lettering, an illustration of a wolf and rabbit on the front cover in dark br
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- (c 1894)
- Keywords
- folktales, children's books, georgia,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Southern Writers and the South;
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