Description
First edition, first state of Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings by Joel Chandler Harris.
Octavo, 231pp, [8pp. ads]. In the publisher’s original blue cloth binding, decorated with a gilt illustration of Brer Rabbit on front cover. Title printed in gilt on spine, with a gilt illustration of a banjo. Illustrated endpapers. Very slight lean to text block, with light wear and bumps to corners of covers. Previous ownership bookplate affixed to front endpaper. An exceptionally bright binding and spine, overall near fine condition. Complete with eight full-page plates, including frontispiece, and multiple in-text illustrations.
First state points include the word “presumptive” (instead of “presumptuous”) on page 9, last line, and no mention of this book on page [233] of the advertisements. (BAL 7100)
On the Grolier Club’s List of “100 Influential American Books.”
