Author: Joel Chandler Harris
Title: Uncle Remus or the Story of Mr Fox and Brer Rabbit
Description: London, Raithby, Lawrence & Co. LTD , 1939. Cloth. A copy of this charming of this story comprising a collection of numerous African American fables and oral traditions in one as proposed by Joel Chandler Harris, richly illustrated. An undated copy, dated from Jisc 1939. This work was originally published in 1881 in book form, and it comprises a collection of African American folktales compiled and adapted by Joel Chandler Harris, with animals as characters. Many of these stories are didactic, and want to represent the struggle in the Southern United States, and more specifically in the plantations. The present stories are told through the characters of Mr. Fox and and Brer Rabbit, with Uncle Remus being the narrator. Illustrated with twelve coloured plates by Harry Rowntree and eighty-four pen and ink pictures by René Bull. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, with some soiling to the boards. The dust wrapper is sound with some shelf wear and edge wear, some minor soiling to the front wrap and a minor chipping; unclipped. Internally, firmly bound. With only a minor faint spotting to the endpapers, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with twelve coloured plates by Harry Rowntree and eighty-four pen and ink pictures by René Bull. Collated, complete. Very Good . Ill.: Harry Rowntree; Rene Bull. Very Good/Very Good.
Keywords: uncle remus african american traditions african american Harry Rowntree; Rene Bull
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Title: Uncle Remus or the Story of Mr Fox and Brer Rabbit
Description: London, Raithby, Lawrence & Co. LTD , 1939. Cloth. A copy of this charming of this story comprising a collection of numerous African American fables and oral traditions in one as proposed by Joel Chandler Harris, richly illustrated. An undated copy, dated from Jisc 1939. This work was originally published in 1881 in book form, and it comprises a collection of African American folktales compiled and adapted by Joel Chandler Harris, with animals as characters. Many of these stories are didactic, and want to represent the struggle in the Southern United States, and more specifically in the plantations. The present stories are told through the characters of Mr. Fox and and Brer Rabbit, with Uncle Remus being the narrator. Illustrated with twelve coloured plates by Harry Rowntree and eighty-four pen and ink pictures by René Bull. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, with some soiling to the boards. The dust wrapper is sound with some shelf wear and edge wear, some minor soiling to the front wrap and a minor chipping; unclipped. Internally, firmly bound. With only a minor faint spotting to the endpapers, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with twelve coloured plates by Harry Rowntree and eighty-four pen and ink pictures by René Bull. Collated, complete. Very Good . Ill.: Harry Rowntree; Rene Bull. Very Good/Very Good.
Keywords: uncle remus african american traditions african american Harry Rowntree; Rene Bull
Price: GBP 315.00 = appr. US$ 449.82 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 789A70
- Book number: 789A70
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