TOLD BY UNCLE REMUS NEW STORIES OF THE OLD PLANTATION
by HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1905. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A.B. Frost, J.M. Conde & Frank Verbeck. pp: [x] [2] - 295 [10]. The FIFTH IMPRESSION of the First Edition bound in light brown cloth covered boards, lettering stamped in black. A 4 3/4" x 3 1/2" illustration is laid down on the top board. The text includes a frontispiece and seventeen additional illustrations throughout the text. The book has seventeen 'Uncle Remus' stories. A very good copy without dust jacket. The boards have light shelf wear and soiling. The top edge is somewhat soiled. And, the spine ends have very light fraying.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007151
- Title
- TOLD BY UNCLE REMUS NEW STORIES OF THE OLD PLANTATION
- Author
- HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER
- Illustrator
- A.B. Frost, J.M. Conde & Frank Verbeck
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 1.48 lbs
- Keywords
- Uncle Remus, The South, African American Folktales, Joel Chandler Harris, 1881, Post-Reconstruction era Atlanta, Dialect, The Deep South African-American language, Creek Indian Influence, Animal Stories, Songs, Oral Folklore, Aesop's Fables, Jean de La Fo
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Returns are accepted up to 5 days after the book arrives. It is not acceptable to return a book because it is no longer wanted.
About the Seller
MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
Biblio member since 2004
Uxbridge, Ontario
About MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
I'm an sole proprietor of Maple Ridge Books. I've been selling books for some 22 years. Although my stock is small in numbers, I am very careful to offer books in the best condition possible. I try to keep shipping costs reasonable, which is not easy these days. I am more than willing to send additional photos of books, or provide more details.
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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