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Harris, Joel Chandler. THE STORY OF AARON, The Son of Ben Ali told By His Friends and Acquaintances. Houghton Mifflin Co., New York, 1896.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Harris, Joel Chandler, illustrated by Oliver Herford, all illustrations present. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, yellow hardback w/no dj, scuffed and frayed head/heel of spine and corner tips, soiled boards, EX Library w/out usual fixings - only stamp to rear board and spine numbers, 198pp, Slavery, pre and Civil War saga of Georgia plantation life and loyalty of one Aaron, LIT006189 CARP

Seller: Walk A Crooked Mile Books, Williamsburg, PA, U.S.A.

Harris, Joel Chandler.. The Story of Aaron (So Named): The Son of Ben Ali. Told by His Friends and Acquaintances. Illustrated by Oliver Herford.. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, ., 1896.

Price: US$22.20 + shipping

Description: Octavo, illustrated cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, all edges green, 25 plates, 198 pp. Poor, with edgewear, light soiling to covers; upper interior hinge broken. Still, attractive and complete; photographs gladly provided upon request. From the first chapter: The story of how Buster John, Sweetest Susan, and Drusilla found their way into Mr. Thimblefinger's queer country has been set forth, and many of the tales they heard there have been told. All of this matter has been put into a book, where the curious may now find it. This being so, it is not necessary to go over it again. Imitation is bad enough, but repetition is worse. It is enough to say, therefore, that these children whose names have been mentioned lived on a large plantation in Middle Georgia, in that part of the country where cotton grows, where the mocking-birds sing in the orchards, and where the roses bloom in the open air from April to November. There is nothing tropical or even semi-tropical in Middle Georgia. The trees and shrubs and all of the wild flowers are much the same as those that grow in New England. The summers are not so hot nor the winters so long and cold in Middle Georgia as they are farther to the north; but warm weather lasts longer, and that is the reason that cotton and sugar-cane and watermelons can be raised in Middle Georgia in the open air. The plantation on which the children lived appeared to be just like all the other plantations round about, the youngsters had already found out that it was entirely different from the rest in some respects. Children's Literature, Southern Americana, American South, Slavery, Slave Market. bslic

Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.

Harris, Joel Chandler. The Story of Aaron (So Named), the Son of Ben Ali. Houghton Mifflin, 1896.

Price: US$31.25 + shipping

Description: undated reprint, ca 1910.

Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.

Harris, Joel Chandler. STORY OF AARON (So Named) the Son of Ben Ali. Told by His Friends and Aquaintances.. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 1896.

Price: US$32.50 + shipping

Description: Very Good with no dust jacket; Slight soiling on front cover. Edgewear. Spine weak. ; 198 pages

Seller: Gibson's Books, New Hope, AL, U.S.A.

Harris, Joel Chandler. The Story of Aaron (so named). Houghton Mifflin, 1896.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Endpapers have been replaced to make a solidly bound book. Picrorial front board in green and black with a boy and a girl on a horse.Fraying to spine ends.

Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.

Harris, Joel Chandler. The Story of Aaron. Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1896.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Color Pictorial cover, Gilt Title, Former owner name neatly on one of first few pages, No Other Markings, Back Hinge is beginning to crack, Green over spray on page blocks, Shelf wear

Seller: Jen's Books, Douglas, WY, U.S.A.

Harris, Joel Chandler. Little Mr. Thimblefinger And His Queer Country. Houghton Mifflin, 1896.

Price: US$68.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very Early printing (first issue was 1894). Brown cloth with gilt titles. Publishers green tinted closed page edges. Front and rear hinges have exposed webbing, but still a very tight text block. Original dark green end-papers are clean/no markings. Frontispiece with tissue guard in place. Mild extremity wear to spine crown and foot. Interior pages clean; A 1" closed tear to lower edge on title page and a 1" closed tear to one other page (margin) - NO paper loss. Light age-toning to margins overall - does not detract. Fabulous copy. No jacket. Protected in a mylar slip.

Seller: Margins13 Books, Redmond, WA, U.S.A.

Harris, Joel Chandler. The Story of Aaron. Houghton Mifflin, 1896.

Price: US$69.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very good+ book in a good, price-clipped dust jacket with chipping, soiling, faint stains, and edgewear.

Seller: Bailey Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.

Harris, Joel Chandler. Story of Aaron (So Named), The Son of Ben Ali. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1896.

Price: US$302.50 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Pictorial cloth covers, 8vo, 198 pp., b/w plates. Covesr sunned, soiled, with wear to edges and corners and a couple of small nicks to spine; faint top edge stain; hinges starting; edgewear and creases to endpapers, piece of cloth tape (with owner's name) on front pastedown, gift inscription on front blank.

Seller: Anthology Booksellers, Portland, OR, U.S.A.