Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Selections from the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Selections from the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman
Harris, Joel Chandler | Uncle Remus signed by Joel Chandler Harris and A. B. Frost
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December 16, 08:11 PM GMT
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1,000 - 1,500 USD
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The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman
Harris, Joel Chandler
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings. New York: D. Appleton, 1895
8vo (228 x 158 mm). 112 illustrations by A. B. Frost; small stain on half-title. Publisher's gilt-stamped art vellum, top edges gilt; some light soiling to spine and extremities
Revised edition, with a new preface by Harris and the first edition with the celebrated Frost illustrations. Copy 98 of 250 large-paper copies, signed by both Harris and Frost.
Frost's illustrations for Uncle Remus are among the greatest of all American children's book illustrations.