HARRIS, Joel Chandler (1848-1908). Uncle Remus. His Songs and His Sayings. The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. New York: D. Appleton, 1881.
12o (190 x 121). 8-page publisher's advertisement at end. Frontispiece, title vignette, and illustrations by Frederick Church and James Moser. Original green pictoral cloth, covers blocked in gilt and black, gilt-lettered on spine; modern quarter leather slip case.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, with the last line on p. 9 containing the word "presumptive" and without mention of the present work in the advertisements. BAL 7100; Grolier American 83; Johnson High Spots 36; Peter Parley to Penrod, pp.56-57. A VERY BRIGHT COPY.
HARRIS, Joel Chandler (1848-1908). Uncle Remus. His Songs and His Sayings. The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. New York: D. Appleton, 1881.
12o (190 x 121). 8-page publisher's advertisement at end. Frontispiece, title vignette, and illustrations by Frederick Church and James Moser. Original green pictoral cloth, covers blocked in gilt and black, gilt-lettered on spine; modern quarter leather slip case.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, with the last line on p. 9 containing the word "presumptive" and without mention of the present work in the advertisements. BAL 7100; Grolier American 83; Johnson High Spots 36; Peter Parley to Penrod, pp.56-57. A VERY BRIGHT COPY.
