Lot 113

Lot 113

HARRIS, Joel Chandler. Uncle Remus. NY, 1895. LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY HARRIS.

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HARRIS, Joel Chandler (1848-1908). Uncle Remus. His Songs and His Sayings. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895.

8vo. 11 plates after E.B. Frost on india paper tipped in, with captioned tissue-guards, numerous illustrations in text. Original parchment vellum gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut.

LIMITED EDITION, number 248 of 250 large paper copies, SIGNED BY HARRIS at the end of his Preface. This revised edition of Harris's popular retelling of African-American folk-tales and myths, is the first to include the celebrated Frost illustrations. BAL 7131.

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