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First edition of Joel Chandler Harris' Uncle Remus and His Friends; inscribed by illustrator A.B. Frost with an original drawing and with a clipped signature signed by Joel Chandler Harris tipped in
HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER.
Uncle Remus and His Friends: Old Plantation Stories, Songs, and Ballads with Sketches of Negro Character.
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company 1892.
First edition of the fourth collection of “Uncle Remus” tales. Octavo, original pictorial cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated with frontispiece and 11 plates by A.B. Frost. Presentation copy, inscribed by the illustrator on the flyleaf, “To Doctor Eugene S. Hoyt with the warmest regards of his friend A. B. Frost April 1906.” Frost has added a large original drawing of a fox dressed in men’s clothing. With a clipped signature inscribed by the author tipped in, “Yours faithfully Joel Chandler Harris.” In near fine condition. Bookplate. An exceptional example, most rare and desirable signed and with an original drawing.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 133016
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Rare first edition of Joel Chandler Harris' Evening Tales' lengthily inscribed by him
HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER.
Evening Tales: Done Into English from the French of Frederic Ortoli.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1893.
First edition of the author’s charming collection of children’s stories. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “My dear Field: As you have made me a millionaire, it is an easy matter to present you this book, which was already yours. It is also easy as well as true to say that I am Faithfully yours: Joel Chandler Harris. This is Mr. Rabbit that runs in the grass – Oh rise up ladies, and let him pass.” The recipient, Eugene Field, as an American writer, best known for his children’s poetry and humorous essays. Known as the “poet of childhood”, Field first started publishing poetry in 1879, when his poem “Christmas Treasures” appeared in A Little Book of Western Verse. Over a dozen volumes of poetry followed and he became well known for his light-hearted poems for children, among the most famous of which are “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod” and “The Duel” (which is perhaps better known as “The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat”). Equally famous is his poem about the death of a child, “Little Boy Blue”. Harris was an admirer of Field and originally referred to his house in Atlanta, Georgia as Snap Bean Farm, a reference to fellow author Field’s home Sabine Farm. In near fine condition. With Field’s bookplate to the pastedown. Book design by Margaret Armstrong. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A significant association.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 133051
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"Oh south winds have long memories": First edition of Howard Weeden's Bandanna Ballads; signed and inscribed three times by Joel Chandler Harris who contributed the introduction
WEEDEN, HOWARD. [MARIA HOWARD WEEDEN; JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS].
Bandanna Ballads.
New York: Doubleday & McClure Company 1899.
First edition of Maria Howard Weeden’s best-known collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated by the author, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Introduction by Joel Chandler Harris. Presentation copy, inscribed by Harris on the flyleaf, “Faithfully yours: Joel Chandler Harris Atlanta Ga.: 6 September 1900.” Additionally signed by him on the title page and at the conclusion of the introduction. In fine condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,850.00 Item Number: 133067
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First edition of Joel Chandler Harris' Nights with Uncle Remus; In exceptional condition
HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER.
Nights With Uncle Remus: Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1883.
First edition of the second book of Uncle Remus stories. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with frontispiece and 19 plates by Frederick Church. In fine condition. Housed in a custom folding chemise slipcase. A brilliant example.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 133125