Uncle Remus

8vo. New York: D. Appleton, 1881. 8vo, 231, [viii] ads pp. Illustrations by Frederick Church and James Moser. Original red cloth stamped in gold and black, an unusually bright, near fine copy with only faint soil to the backstrip and lower board. Enclosed in a modern, custom box. § First edition, first issue, with presumptive mis-spelled on… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. First Edition, First State. Hardcover. Octavo, 231 pages, [8] ads; Poor; bound in publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, gilt and black tooling to front board; moderate wear and chipping to head and tail of spine, fading to spine; gutter partially visible on endpaper gutters; gutter fully open on pages 24/25,… Read more about this item

D. Appleton and Company, 1881. HARRIS, Joel Chandler. UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS, THE FOLK-LORE OF THE OLD PLANTATION. With Illustrations By Fredrick S. Church and James H. Moser. NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1881 (copyright date is 1880). Small octavo (5 by 8 inches), hardcover brown cloth stamped in gilt and black on the spine and front… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1890. Early Edition. Hardcover. Some aging to the text; the covers bright and strong. Near Fine. Frederick S. Church and James Moser. Decorated blue cloth. GROLIER AMERICAN HUNDRED 83. Illustrated with 8 plates and text engravings by Frederick S. Church and James Moser. While not a First Edition (1882), this copy has… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1908. New Edition. Hardcover. One plate lacking, two or three others once detached and retipped back in, some with wear at the edges. Occasional pulled signature. Some rubbing to the cloth, mostly to the spine. Still about a Very Good copy and quite scarce when signed. A. B. Frost. Reprint of an… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton, 1881. First edition. Fine.. First issue of the first extensive printed record of the tales of Brer Rabbit and other oral traditions kept by enslaved African Americans before emancipation, in the scarce yellow binding, and rarely seen in this condition. Georgia-born white journalist Harris sought to document the cultural history of African Americans in… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight copy with just a touch of wear to the spine tips and bumped lower corners. Near Fine. Frederick S. Church and James Moser. Decorated green cloth. BAL 7100: First State; GROLIER AMERICAN HUNDRED 83. Illustrated with 8 plates and text engravings by Frederick S. Church and… Read more about this item

Grosset & Dunlap edition of Harris' Uncle Remus tales, including a preface & dedication by Harris to Frost as well as an introduction by Harris. Amply illustrated with over 100 B&W drawings by Frost. Bright green cloth cover with navy lettering on front and spine. Green & cream frontpapers. Cover is worn with stains and bumping. Interior is age tanned, chipped… Read more about this item

This is a pristine copy of Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings, a collection of African American folktales compiled and adapted by Joel Chandler Harris and published in book form in 1881. Harris was a journalist in post-Reconstruction Atlanta, and he produced seven Uncle Remus books. He wrote these stories to represent the struggle in the Southern US, and… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1920. Book. Illus. by A. B. Frost and E. W. Kemble, illustrators. Very Good+. Hardcover. Gift Edition.. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1920. Gift Edition. Very Good+/no dust jacket . A. B. Frost and E. W. Kemble, illustrators. First printing of the Gift Edition, with (1) on last page. Signed Decorated American Trade… Read more about this item

New York: Appleton, 1905. First. hardcover. very good(+). Frost, A.B.. New and Revised Edition, with 112 Illustrations by A.B. Frost. 8vo, red pictorial cloth; front hinge starting; front flyleaf chipped at edge; back cover & back end-leaves stained at bottom edge; title page lightly soiled. New York: Appleton, 1905.<br/><br/> First Edition with these illustrations, dedicated to A.B. Frost.… Read more about this item

Copyright 1880, 1895. New edition, published 1897. Unjacketed hardback, cloth cover as shown with this listing is rubbed, scuffed and worn. Sewn binding is loose with some pages detached. Gilt top, text appears unmarked. Price reflects condition. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (O-B2)

New York: D. Appleton, 1906. New and revised edition. Hardcover. Red decorated cloth. SIGNED BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS with a flourish underneath is signature. The covers are clean with a few tiny smudges and the interior is clean and unmarked. Illustrated by A.B. Frost and complerte with all plates and drawings.

8vo. New York: Appleton, 1881. 8vo, [1]-231, (1), 8 (ads) pp. with black and white illustrations by Frederick Church and James Moser. Original blue cloth, stamped in black and gilt, butterfly patterned endpapers. Worn copy with hinges repaired and signs of damp, gilt on upper cover still bright and attractive. Front endpapers with the signature of and bookplate of… Read more 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… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, 1930. Hardcover. Good. 1930. First Edition Thus. 219 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Occasional thumb-marking present. Minor pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Book is… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1881. First edition. First issue with "presumptive" in last line page 9 (versus "presumptuous"). An enduring though controversial Southern classic illustrated by Frederick S. Church & James H. Moser. Small 8vo brown cloth boards; gilt-stamped spine; front cover stamped in black with pictorial of Brer Rabbit smoking a pipe in gilt; green butterflies-and-flowers… Read more about this item

New York, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1920. Later Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good+/None Present. VG+/later printing. Very nice copy of this 1920 edition of Uncle Remus. Spine has some fading, but gold lettering is still present, and the front and rear panels have retained their color very well. No wear to heel of boards, and corners… Read more about this item

The Easton Press, Masterpieces of American Literature, Collector's Edition, 1981. Illustrated by Seong Moy. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Used - Near Fine. Clean and unmarked. Tight binding. Minor shelf wear to lower edges. Appears new / unread. Bound In full (genuine) leather with hubbed spines. Text block is tight and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Embossed in 22kt… Read more about this item

Vellum with gilt border. Covers soiled and worn with slight bowing to front board. Otherwise very good condition with all pages/leafs intact. Prior owner signature present. Signed by Harris at end of Preface.