Negro Myths from the Georgia Coast: Told in the Vernacular by Jones, Charles C - 1888.

Singing Tree Press, 1969 Hardcover. facsimile reissue (1888) .ex library markings present. No DJ as issued. Good +. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good.

Singing Tree Press, 1969 Hardcover. facsimile reissue (1888) .ex library markings present. No DJ as issued. Good +. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good.

Detroit, MI: Singing Tree, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Reprint of 1888 work. Black cloth. Gilt lettering and designs on spine. An attractive copy. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. 171 p. with glossary. Born in Savannah Jones earned a law degree in Harvard. He was ruined by the Civil War, where he led the artillery in defense at the siege of Savanah in 1864. He went north to repair his finances, but returned to Georgia in 1877. Jones collected the myths, writtten in his interpretation of the Gullah dialect. This work is on which Joel Harris later drew upon for his Brer Rabbit tales.

Columbia: The State Company, 1925. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good/good. Octavo. ix, 192 pages. Dark maroon cloth hardcover with gilt stamped title on front cover and spine. Includes scarce dust jacket. List of books published by the State Company printed on the back of the jacket. Dust jacket has a closed tear on the rear panel, a scuffed area on the lower rear jacket with small loss of print, and light edge wear to the top of the spine. Dust jacket is in good condition. Light toning to the end sheets. First published in 1888.

The State Company, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. . Early printing but not a first (no ads). Includes scarce dust jacket. Jacket has slight tanning to spine, otherwise VG, in mylar, NO rips. Light shelf wear to boards. Pages/boards/jacket clean, NO foxing or markings. Binding tight.