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Harris, Joel Chandler. The Chronicles of Aunt Minervy Ann. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1899.
Price: US$12.02 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Owner's name inside cover. No other writing. Cover is worn at ends of spine and corners. Spine is really darkened. Pages are of thick paper with rough edges. Loaded with over 30 illustrations.
Seller: Grandma Betty's Books, West Salem, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$14.00 + shipping
Description: New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. G/No Dustjacket. 1899. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. 8vo., ix, 210 pp., rubbed, bumped, soiled, page toning, picture pasted to ffe .
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Harris, Joel Chandler. The Chronicles of Aunt Minervy Ann. Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1899.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: Very good with no dust jacket. Ownership signature and "1914" in ink on front endpaper. The brown cloth is somewhat darkened at edges and on spine, with cloth just worn through at the heel of the spine. Illustration in red, white and black of title character on front board. Rear board shows just a hint of bowing. Illustrations by A. B. Frost, 210 pages.
Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
Harris, Joel Chandler. CHRONICLES OF AUNT MINERVY ANN. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1899.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 210 pp; Ex-library with usual markings. Boards are slightly soiled, spine is darkened. Inner hinges are beginning to crack, trace wear at spine tips, trace occasional page foxing. An attractive book however with cover illustration, top edge gilt.
Seller: GLOVER'S BOOKERY, ABAA, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: Cover presents with corner bumping, rubbing/soiling with age, and minor wear to head and foot of spine. This copy stands askew; handle with care to preserve remaining spine integrity. Original tissue over frontispiece remains intact. Ex-library indications can be found on spine, FEP and inside of back cover. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Octavo. x, 210 pages. Frontispiece illustration. Illustrated by A. B. Frost. Illustrated brown cloth hardcover with title on the front cover and spine. Gilt top edge. Untrimmed foredge. Slight lean to the binding. Right front flyleaf removed. Cloth binding faded in spots. A fair or better copy.
Seller: Americana Books, ABAA, Stone Mt, GA, U.S.A.
Harris Joel Chandler. The Chronicles of Aunt Minervy Ann. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1899.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Decorative beige cloth, spine darkened, discoloration ina few spots. Bright internally. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Illustrator: A.B. Frost. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 040987.
Seller: Pazzo Books, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Harris, Joel Chandler. Chronicles of Aunt Minervy Ann, The. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1899.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover, 210 pages, b&w illustrations by A.B. Frost. Tan cloth with three-color design to front cover, spine darkened, top edge gilt. There is a bump to the bottom corner causing a crimp/crease to the pages through most of the book. Previous owner's signature on the front fly leaf. Record # 412068
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Harris, Joel Chandler. The Chronicles of Aunt Minervy Ann. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1899.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Darkening to spine, and edges of covers. Gift inscription and 1902 date on front free endpaper.
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound volume of Scribner's Magazine, volume XXVI, July-December,1899 - covers not bound in. Stories and articles include JOHN LA FARGE by Russell, LETTERS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, THE CHRONICLES OF AUNT MINERVY ANN: An Evening with the Ku-Klux by Joel Chandler Harris with illustrations by A.B.Frost, HAVANA SINCE THE OCCUPATION, FOREIGN MAIL SERVICE AT NEW YORK, THE WATER FRONT OF NEW YORK, THE CRICKET SONG (Japanese Poem), PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY by Alfred Stieglitz, THE SEVEN AGES OF WOMEN by Charles Dana Gibson (seven full page illustrations), plus lots more. Boards show scuffing/rubbing/spotting with small nick at top front. Bookseller since 1995 (ULG1-top-R) rareviewbooks
Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.
HARRIS, Joel Chandler. The Chronicles of Aunt Minervy Ann. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1899.
Price: US$82.50 + shipping
Description: Variant issue on laid paper, edges untrimmed. 21cm. In original publisher's cloth, titled on spine, pictorial decoration on front, top edge gilt; x, 210pp; frontispiece and 31 halftone illustrations by A. B. Frost. A tight, fresh copy, with spine slightly dulled; crayon markings to half-title and p.88, else clean: Good. BAL 7143.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Harris, Joel Chandler. He Chronicles of Aunt Minervey Ann. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1899.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Spine has some spotting, board do as well, but only very little. corners rubbed, top edge gilt.
Seller: The Dawn Treader Book Shop, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Corners of boards slightly bumped, light soil, pages lightly yellowed, unevenly trimmed, causing some wear to fore edges, gift inscription on title age. Tissue on frontispiece has a tear. Overall a very nice copy. ; 32 illustrations by A. B. Frost ; Black and White Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 210 pages
Seller: The Ridge Books, Calhoun, GA, U.S.A.
Joel Chandler Harris. The Chronicles of Aunt Minervy Ann. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Near Fine condition. Illustrated by A. B. Frost. Old owner bookplate.
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$153.70 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HARDBACK IN THE ORIGINAL DECORATED CLOTH BINDING, SEVERAL FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 9 + 210 PAGES. SOME VERY MINOR WEAR TO COVER, VERY OCCASIONAL MINOR MARKS TO PAGES, OCCASIONAL MINOR EDGE WEAR TO OUTER PAGE MARGINS. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE COVER HAS A CLEAR REMOVABLE COVERING THAT MAY SHOW WRINKLES OR REFLECTIONS IN IMAGES. OVERALL AN EXCELLENT COPY WITH TEXT PAGES CLEAN & CLOTH COVER CLEAN & BRIGHT. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Harris, Joel Chandler. The Chronicles of Aunt Minervy Ann. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1899.
Price: US$167.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 357p. illus. by A. B. Frost BAL 7143Wright III 2486
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
joel chandler harris. the chronicles of aubt minery ann. charles scribner's sons, new york, 1899.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1899, 1899, spine darkened, spine ends bumped.
Seller: broken wing books, blaine, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1899. 210 pages. First edition, first printing. 1899 date on title page as well as copyright page. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Bright gilt page edges on top. Attractive, colorfully illustrated boards. Illustrations by A.B. Frost; all illustrations are present. pages and endpapers are clean. Backstrip shows a touch of darkened sun spots. Upper corner of interior front pastedown shows evidence of where a small bookplate was lifted. An attractive, tight and clean copy in VG+ condition. The story recounts the tribulations of a freed slave in the Deep South; and racial reconciliation after the Reconstruction era. The first chapter is titled "An Evening with the Ku-Klux." The title character is a holdover from the author's previous book "Plantation Pageants." Published ten years after the American folklorist first came to prominence with his collection of Uncle Remus stories. First edition, first printing. VG+
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
Harris, Joel Chandler. THE CHRONICLES OF AUNT MINERVY ANN. [inscribed by Harris]. , 1899.
Price: US$1150.00 + shipping
Description: [inscribed and signed by Harris] Illustrated by A.B. Frost. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. Original tan cloth pictorially decorated in white and red. First Edition of this loosely-connected collection of eight tales of black Americans; the first is titled "An Evening with the Ku-Klux." Aunt Minervy Ann had been one of the principal characters of Harris's preceding book, PLANTATION PAGEANTS. This copy has the fore and bottom edges untrimmed, which according to Blanck is the "probable" second state. The volume's condition is very good-plus (spine slightly darkened, a trace of wear at the spine ends, front endpaper cracked). Blanck 7143. This copy is inscribed by Harris on the front free endpaper, "To Huel [?] -- | Joel Chandler Harris"
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.