Wally Wanderoon and His Story Telling Machine. Karl Moseley illustrations.
by Harris, Joel Chandler
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
Item Price
NZ$288.96NZ$260.06
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About This Item
New York: McClue Phillips & Co., 1903. 1st Edition . Pictorial Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" x 6.25. Moseley, Karl. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co. 1903. First Edition, First State, with 8 pages of ads in back. Illustrations by Karl Moseley. 8.5" x 6.25", 294 pp + ads. Original pictorial tan cloth. Light soiling and edgewear, tips bumped, a few stain spots on front panel. See scans. Tasteful previous owner's inscription at Christmas, 1904 on ffep. Very Good. Solidly bound and bright. True first edition/first state of another work of Old South children's fiction by the beloved creator of Uncle Remus. The collection of children's stories in Wally Wanderoon and his Story Telling Machine - executed as the entertainment of four children in the Reconstruction South by a mysterious little old man and his storytelling machine - are in most cases told in either black or southern dialect, a Harris forte. With magical illustrations by Karl Moseley, a fascinating trip for adults as well. l-44n
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- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000592
- Title
- Wally Wanderoon and His Story Telling Machine. Karl Moseley illustrations.
- Author
- Harris, Joel Chandler
- Illustrator
- Moseley, Karl
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- McClue Phillips & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Pages
- 294
- Size
- 8.5" x 6.25
- Keywords
- Fantasy, Juvenile, Children's Fiction, Americana, Old South
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Baldwinsville, New York
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