HARRIS, Joel Chandler (1848-1908). A group of 3 first editions, including:
Daddy Jake the Runaway. New York: The Century Company, [1889]. 4to. Illustrated. Original beige glossy pictorial boards, front board and spine stamped in black and red (spine a bit dull and rubbed, some soiling, rubbing to boards, gutter facing final leaf starting, ownership markings on front endleaves and second blank). FIRST EDITION. -- Uncle Remus and His Friends. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1892] 8vo. Illustrated by A. B. Frost. Original green cloth, front board and spine stamped in dark green and gilt (spine a bit toned, rubbed, light rubbing to boards, ownership signature on front pastedown). FIRST EDITION. -- Uncle Remus Returns. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918. 8vo. Illustrated by A. B. Frost and J. M. Conde. Original brown cloth, front board and spine stamped in brown and blue, spine lettered in black (spine a bit toned and rubbed, some light rubbing to boards, rear hinge starting).
These books are some of the Uncle Remus titles that are the basis of the 1946 Walt Disney film, The Song of the South. BAL 7117, 7125, 7168.