HARRIS, Joel Chandler (1848-1908). Uncle Remus. His Songs and His Sayings. The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. New York: D. Appleton, 1881.

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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 (frontispiece detached). Original bluish-gray cloth, covers blocked in gilt and black, spine gilt-lettered (front hinge cracked, spine faded, some light wear).

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.

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