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HARRIS, Joel Chandler (1848-1908). Uncle Remus. His Songs and His Sayings. The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. New York: D. Appleton, 1881.
12o. 8-page publisher's advertisement at end. Frontispiece, title vignette and illustrations by Frederick Church and James Moser. Original brown pictorial cloth, covers blocked in gilt and black, gilt lettered on spine (very light rubbing to joints and edges); quarter morocco slipcase.
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. BAL 7100; Grolier American 83; Johnson High Spots 36; Peter Parley to Penrod, pp.56-57.
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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. BAL 7100; Grolier American 83; Johnson High Spots 36; Peter Parley to Penrod, pp.56-57.