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Harris, Joel Chandler.
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings; Illustrated By A.B. Frost
New York, D. Appleton & Co.,
1901, Hard Cover,
illus: A.B. Frost, Condition: Very Good, Harris's first collection of folk poems and proverbs was published in 1881 as "Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings". He gathered the dialect tales he had heard in his Georgia childhood from Folk Tales told by slaves. All the Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Fox famous adventures; Tar Baby Story; Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf; Fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow; Jacky my Lantern; Plantation Proverbs; Uncle Remus's songs, including: Christmas Play Song; Corn Shucking Song; Plantation Play and others. A Story of the War and Uncle Remus's Sayings and adventures. Illustrated with 112 illustrations, many full page plates; frontispiece "Uncle Remus" telling little girl Brer Rabbit story. Maroon cloth, illustrated with Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox in buckets; bright gilt lettering. Previous owners name to e.p. Illustrated title pages, mild finger smudges to margin. TEG. All else very clean and tightly bound. In protective polyester film wraps
(Remus, His, Songs, And His, Sayings, Uncle, Remus, Illustrated, By, A., B., Frost, Black, Literature, Black, Memoribila, Joel, Chandler, Harris, Southern, Writers, Stories, Of, The Old, South, Southern, Fol, Lore, Antiqe, Children's, Books, Southern, Plantation, Stories, Children's, Illustrated, Books, Unlce, Remus's, Braer, Rabbit, The Fox, And The Rabbit, Uncle, Remus's, Tar, Baby) Cat No. 1919.
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75.00
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Parker, Francis W., And Helm, Nellie Lathrop.
Uncle Robert's Geography, Uncle Robert's Visit, III
New York, D. Appleton & Co.,
1913, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, The 3rd book in the Uncle Robert's Geography Series for children. The direct study of earth, air and water involves the study of plant, animal and human life. Illustrations of plants, farm life, birds, fish, etc. Color frontispiece of "Farmhouse," mild foxing to margins. Tan cloth, maroon decorations, very faded, spine ends bumped and rubbed. Front hinge shakey. Two areas near corners of pastedown paper remnants. Rear e.p. and pastedown paper remnants, small circled number to pastedown, no other markings. Ex-lib. Clean text and illustrations. Ads for series to rear. 191 pp, 12 mo
(Robert's, Series, Natural, History, For, Children, Antique, School, Books, Primary, School, Readers, Antique, Readers) Cat No. 2366.
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15.00
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Stowe, Beecher Harriet; with Designs By James Daugherty.
Uncle Tom's
New York, Coward-McCann, Inc.,
1929, Hard Cover,
illus: James Daugherty, Condition: Very Good, Jacket: Good Plus, Ninth impression of this classic yarn, part of American History. James Daugherty original illustrations; preserves the graphic vision of the "Old South" before the Civil War. Red cloth boards and spine, rubbing of edges and front board ends. DJ not price clipped, yellow pictorial. Mild spoil, closed tear to front flag hinge 3/4 inch chip to upper edge, general edge wear with small chips. In protective new brodart mylar jacket. Very clean text, solidly bound. sm 8 vo, 446 pages
(Daugherty, Illustrator, Uncle, Tom's, Cabin, Illustrated, Black, Memorabilia, Black, Literature, Vintage, Children's, Books, Pre, Civil, War, Novels, Southern, Novels) Cat No. 1937.
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28.50
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Graham, Christopher W.
Uncle Wip and His Friends: Their Bed-Time Stories-Stories of How They Live and What They Do in Castle Broadcast Their Home in the Sky: Told to His Children Down on the Earth By the Beautiful Scarlet Bird
Philadelphia, Gimbel Brothers,
1923, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good Plus, WIP was a radio stationed owned by Gimbel Bros. in Philadelphia. Christopher W. Graham (1893-1929) read children stories at 7:15 becoming known as Uncle WIP.He made a place for himself in the hearts of children in the Delaware Valley and across the country. Castle broadcast sits high on top of a big white cloud; built of solid gold and diamonds, surrounded by a wall of Moonstones set in silver. Two fierce dragons guard it's gate. The lives Uncle Wip with his four companions; Frowny Fairy Godmother; Genial Giant; Black Browed Pirate and Big Brown Bear. After sundown every evening Uncle Wip tells the children down on earth all the adventures that he and his friends at Castle Broadcast have had. Twenty one wonderful fairy tales, 7 full page color plates; color frontispiece and 43 black and white page illustrations. This is a scarce very good of these wonderful stories told on this "old radio" broadcast. Green cloth boards and spine, color panel illustration. Mild rubbing of spine ends. Page 57 closed 1 inch tear to lower edge. All else fine. In protective polyester wrap. tall 8 vo, 155 pages
(Wip, Radio, Show, Uncle, Wip's, Bedtime, Stories, First, Edition, Children's, Books, Ilustrated, Children's, Books, Gimbel, Brothers, Publishers, Old, Radio, Programs, Rarechildren's, Literature) Cat No. 1982.
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40.00
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Faulkner, Nancy.
Undecided Heart
Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company,
1957, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
illus: Oscar Liebman, Condition: Very Good, Jacket: Very Good, Dru Anthony finds herself facing the challenge of an undecided heart as she wavers between love for a patriot and loyalty to her father in this story set in the time of the Revolution. Grey boards, green lettering. DJ not price clipped, illustrated, green and yellow. Spine ends mild bumping and rubbing, 1/4 closed tear lower spine edge. All else clean, tightly bound. sm 8 vo, 207 pages. First Edition.
(Faulkner, Romance, Novels, Undecided, Heart, First, Edition, Vintage, Romance, American, Revolution, Novels, Revolutionary, War, Romance, Historical, Fiction) Cat No. 2092.
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18.50
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