MR. RABBIT AT HOME. A Sequel to Little Mr. Thimblefinger and his Queer Country
by Harris, Joel Chandler
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About This Item
1895. Herford, Oliver. Illustrated by Oliver Herford. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895. Original tan cloth pictorially decorated in green and dark brown, page edges green.
First Edition, first printing (with the date 1895 appearing on the front of the title page) -- of this sequel to LITTLE MR. THIMBLEFINGER: the same three children (Buster John, Sweetest Susan and Drusilla) have further adventures with the animals in Mr. Thimblefinger's "queer country." Included are 25 illustrations by Oliver Herford. This is a fine, clean copy (slight cracking of one endpaper) -- quite unusual for this light-colored cloth. Blanck 7132. Provenance: bookplate of the Estelle Doheny Collection of American Literature (multiple sales in 1987-1989).
First Edition, first printing (with the date 1895 appearing on the front of the title page) -- of this sequel to LITTLE MR. THIMBLEFINGER: the same three children (Buster John, Sweetest Susan and Drusilla) have further adventures with the animals in Mr. Thimblefinger's "queer country." Included are 25 illustrations by Oliver Herford. This is a fine, clean copy (slight cracking of one endpaper) -- quite unusual for this light-colored cloth. Blanck 7132. Provenance: bookplate of the Estelle Doheny Collection of American Literature (multiple sales in 1987-1989).
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- Bookseller
- Sumner & Stillman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14965
- Title
- MR. RABBIT AT HOME. A Sequel to Little Mr. Thimblefinger and his Queer Country
- Author
- Harris, Joel Chandler
- Illustrator
- Herford, Oliver
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- Juv
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction (19th Century); Children's Books;
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Founded in 1980, Sumner & Stillman is a small family business providing personal service in the buying and selling of literary first editions of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) for over 30 years.
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