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Auction archive: Lot number 72

HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER. THREE VOLUMES IN THE "UNCLE REMUS" SERIES, 1883-1905 (3 VOL.)

Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,233 - US$1,850
Price realised:
£1,875
ca. US$2,313
Auction archive: Lot number 72

HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER. THREE VOLUMES IN THE "UNCLE REMUS" SERIES, 1883-1905 (3 VOL.)

Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,233 - US$1,850
Price realised:
£1,875
ca. US$2,313
Beschreibung:

Harris, Joel Chandler THREE FIRST EDITIONS IN THE "UNCLE REMUS" SERIES, COMPRISING: i) Nights with Uncle Remus. Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation. Boston: James R. Osgood and company, 1883, FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION, 22 plates of illustrations, pictorial green cloth, lettered in gilt, some minor wear to binding; ii) Uncle Remus and his Friends. Old Plantation Stories, Songs, and Ballads with Sketches of Negro Character. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1892, FIRST EDITION, illustrated by A.B. Frost, 12 plates, pictorial green cloth gilt; iii) Told by Uncle Remus. New Stories of the Plantation. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905, FIRST EDITION, illustrated by A.B. Frost, J.M. Conde and Frank Verbeck (including 18 full page plates and illustrations in the text), original red cloth lettered in gilt with pictorial panel on upper cover, top edge gilt, other edges uncut; all 8vo, each in collector's blue cloth cases and one large matching slipcase (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 72
Auction:
Datum:
20 Oct 2016
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Harris, Joel Chandler THREE FIRST EDITIONS IN THE "UNCLE REMUS" SERIES, COMPRISING: i) Nights with Uncle Remus. Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation. Boston: James R. Osgood and company, 1883, FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION, 22 plates of illustrations, pictorial green cloth, lettered in gilt, some minor wear to binding; ii) Uncle Remus and his Friends. Old Plantation Stories, Songs, and Ballads with Sketches of Negro Character. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1892, FIRST EDITION, illustrated by A.B. Frost, 12 plates, pictorial green cloth gilt; iii) Told by Uncle Remus. New Stories of the Plantation. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905, FIRST EDITION, illustrated by A.B. Frost, J.M. Conde and Frank Verbeck (including 18 full page plates and illustrations in the text), original red cloth lettered in gilt with pictorial panel on upper cover, top edge gilt, other edges uncut; all 8vo, each in collector's blue cloth cases and one large matching slipcase (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 72
Auction:
Datum:
20 Oct 2016
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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