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Joel Chandler Harris. Nights With Uncle Remus. George Routledge & Sons, 1884.

Price: US$20.16 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: George Routledge & Sons 1884 illustrated edition. Pages clean and bright, pencil inscription to second page, red mark and foxing to third & fourth page, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING

Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom

Joel Chandler Harris. Nights with Uncle Remus. George Routledge and Sons, London, 1884.

Price: US$78.01 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First UK edition of Joel Chandler Harris's anthology of African American fables and oral traditions. First UK edition of this collection of African American folktales compiled and adapted by Joel Chandler Harris for children, first published in 1883 in the US. Many of these stories are didactic, and want to represent the struggle in the Southern United States, and more specifically in the plantations. The stories are written in a dialect which was his interpretation of Deep South African-American language of the time, for which he has endured some controversy since its publication.Illustrated with twenty full page plates. Collated, complete with 'Brother Rabbit and Miss Meadow' to frontispiece and 'Why Brother Bear has No Tail' to face p. 100 instead of 200.There are nine 'Uncle Remus' books by Harris.With eight leaves of publisher's advertisements to rear.This edition is seen in both blue and red cloth, priority is unknown. In the original publisher's full cloth binding with illustration to front board. Externally sound with shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine, back strip darkened, boards marked. Internally, generally firmly bound. Light minor faint spotting to first and last few leaves, pages otherwise bright and clean. Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Harris, Joel Chandler,. NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS.. George Routledge and Sons, ca. 1884,, London,, 1884.

Price: US$95.00 + shipping

Description: vii, 312 pp., Illustrations Olive green cloth variant with black and silver illustration on front. Very early if not 1st British edition. No year given, This copy looks like other's listed. Different points are: vii Roman numeral paginated, 1 p. unpaginated, 312 versus 300 pp. Inscription on Half Title: Ethel Ford from W. F., Jan. 1, 1895, Stratfor Road, Kensingten W 8 End papers are split in gutter, cloth of cover split at one side of the spine, binding however firm. Top and foot of spine worn, otherwise nicely preserved, clean copy.

Seller: Book Stage, Stratford, ON, Canada

Harris, Joel Chandler. Nights with Uncle Remus. George Routledge London (1884), 1884.

Price: US$101.00 + shipping

Description: (1st edition) 1/2 cloth Nice copy octavo 312pp., illusts., Neat ownership signature, binding split at edge of spine & one page torn without loss o/w a nice copy of a scarce edition

Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Harris, Joel Chandler. NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS. George Routledge & Sons, 1884.

Price: US$197.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st UK 1884. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. Floral decorated endpapers. B/w plates. 300 pages plus adverts to rear. Spine rebacked with blue cloth with original spine laid on. Hinges reinforced. Corners a little worn. Small closed tear to one page. Contents clean. A nice, professionally repaired copy of this timeless classic! Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom

HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER. Nights with Uncle Remus. George Routledge & Sons, London, 1884.

Price: US$228.26 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Small Octavo. Sympathetically rebound in blue cloth with original gilt lettered spinestrip laiddown, and original pictorial front panel mounted, new endpapers, half-title, pp. 300 + 6 pages of publisher's adverts, title-page vignette plus 20 black & white illustrations throughout. A very nice, tight, clean copy.

Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada