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HARRIS, Joel Chandler (1848-1908). Uncle Remus. His Sons and His Sayings. The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. New York: D. Appleton, 1881.
12o (189 x 124 mm). 8-page publisher's advertisement at end. Frontispiece, title vignette and illustrations by Frederick Church and James Moser. Original blue pictorial cloth, covers blocked in gilt and black, gilt lettered on spine (very light wear at extremities); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Frederick W. Skiff (typed letter signed by the author tipped to front free endpaper; bookplate) -- Estelle Doheny (paper bookplate).
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. WITH A LETTER FROM HARRIS TO FREDERICK SKIFF tipped in. Harris writes in part: "You are one of the very few persons who have written to me, who seem to be enlightened by the real spirit of the book collector." BAL 7100; Grolier American 83; Johnson High Spots 36; Peter Parley to Penrod, pp.56-57. A VERY FINE COPY IN THE RARE BLUE CLOTH.
12o (189 x 124 mm). 8-page publisher's advertisement at end. Frontispiece, title vignette and illustrations by Frederick Church and James Moser. Original blue pictorial cloth, covers blocked in gilt and black, gilt lettered on spine (very light wear at extremities); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Frederick W. Skiff (typed letter signed by the author tipped to front free endpaper; bookplate) -- Estelle Doheny (paper bookplate).
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. WITH A LETTER FROM HARRIS TO FREDERICK SKIFF tipped in. Harris writes in part: "You are one of the very few persons who have written to me, who seem to be enlightened by the real spirit of the book collector." BAL 7100; Grolier American 83; Johnson High Spots 36; Peter Parley to Penrod, pp.56-57. A VERY FINE COPY IN THE RARE BLUE CLOTH.