Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1898. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). In green publisher's cloth, stamped in black and gold; blue coated endpapers; one-page ad at front; [x], 417pp; frontispiece and three halftone illustrations by E. Boyd Smith. A tight, sturdy copy, bumped on rear top edge and fore-edge, some wear at edges, else Very Good. Bookplate to front pastedown. BAL 7141.

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Bookseller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 54345
Title: Tales of the Home Folks in Peace and War
Author: HARRIS, Joel Chandler
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Place of Publication: Boston and New York
Date Published: 1898
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Bookseller catalogs: African-Americana; Literature Before 1900;

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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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