UNCLE REMUS
by Joel Chandler Harris
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good -/Very Good
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
US: The Franklin Library, 1979. Limited Edition. Hardback. Very Good -/Very Good. Limited edition with the illustrations of A.B. Frost. Beautiful leatherbound copy from The Franklin Library. Text is tight and clean; no markings from previous owner; full leather over moire silk endpapers. Three raised bands to spine; middle band moderately rubbed; gilt particulars to spine and boards. Boards are bright; corners are bumped. Binding is tight and square. All edges gilt with light shelf wear. Red silk bookmarker attached and intact.
Synopsis
The dialect, lore, and flavor of black life in the nineteenth-century South is portrayed as it appeared to Georgia-born Joel Chandler Harris in Uncle Remus’s "Legends of the Old Plantation."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64027
- Title
- UNCLE REMUS
- Author
- Joel Chandler Harris
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Franklin Library
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...