UNCLE REMUS, His Songs and Sayings

New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1881. First edition, early state, formatted and decorated as the first issue, “presumptive” corrected on p. 9. With numerous illustrations throughout, including many full page, by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser. 8vo, handsomely bound by Bennett in full blue morocco, the spine with raised bands gilt stopped, the compartments with fully gilt panels incorporating floral corner tools and central floral devices gilt, the covers with double gilt fillet borders enclosing a central panel gilt ruled and with elaborate gilt tooling filling the whole, gilt ruled and gilt decorated turnovers, the original blue cloth covers included as the front and rear paste-downs, very skillfully accomplished, original blue cloth spine panel tipped onto the front free-fly, all edges gilt, a very handsome copy. 231 pp. A well preserved copy in a very handsome binding, beautifully preserved with some light bumping and sophistication to the upper corners of the binding, and with a very small chip to the upper corner of the first free-fly. FIRST EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC WORK OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. The adventures of Brer Rabbit, the Tar Baby, Brer Fox etc. On the Grolier Club List of "100 Influential American Books," on the Newton List of "100 Good Novels," and one of Merle Johnson's "High Spots of American Literature.