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UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND HIS SAYINGS
by HARRIS, Joel Chandler
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Slight darkening of edges of text with a dampstain at the lower margin of the first 50 or so pages, not approaching the text. B
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. Slight darkening of edges of text with a dampstain at the lower margin of the first 50 or so pages, not approaching the text. Binding with wear and rubbing to corners and spine edges. Very Good. A. B. Frost. Originally published in vellum, this copy has been rebound in early 20th century 3/4 red morocco leather with marbled boards and endpapers, a gilt-lettered and decorated spine with five raised bands, top edge gilt. BAL 7131: The First Limited Large-Paper Edition, this being copy #64 of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by the author at the end of the Preface written for this edition. Illustrated with 11 full-page plates with lettered tissue guards and numerous text drawings by A. B. Frost.
Synopsis
The dialect, lore, and flavor of black life in the nineteenth-century South is portrayed as it appeared to Georgia-born Joel Chandler Harris in Uncle Remus’s "Legends of the Old Plantation."
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018458
- Title
- UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND HIS SAYINGS
- Author
- HARRIS, Joel Chandler
- Illustrator
- A. B. Frost
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Slight darkening of edges of text with a dampstain at the lower margin of the first 50 or so pages, not approaching the text. B
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Limited Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- Signed, Joel C. Harris, A. B. Frost, Black Dialect, 19th Century Literature, Limited, 19th Century American Literature, Southern Literature, First Book
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century American Literature; Limited;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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