{"product_id":"nights-with-uncle-remus-joel-chandler-harris-illustrated-by-j-a-shepherd-1926","title":"Nights with Uncle Remus,Joel Chandler Harris, Illustrated by J. A. Shepherd, 1926","description":"\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverview:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003ePublisher: Chatto \u0026amp; Windus, London\u003cbr\u003eDate: 1926\u003cbr\u003eEdition: New Impression\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Joel Chandler Harris\u003cbr\u003eIllustrator: J. A. Shepherd\u003cbr\u003ePagination: 366\/367 pages, depending on whether the final numbered\/unnumbered matter is counted\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Original green pictorial publisher’s cloth\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated: Colour frontispiece and numerous black-and-white illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eAn attractive 1926 illustrated edition of Joel Chandler Harris’s \u003cem\u003eNights with Uncle Remus\u003c\/em\u003e, published in London by Chatto \u0026amp; Windus and illustrated throughout by J. A. Shepherd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eOriginally published in 1883, \u003cem\u003eNights with Uncle Remus\u003c\/em\u003e followed Harris’s enormously successful \u003cem\u003eUncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings\u003c\/em\u003e. The collection contains 71 stories, including many of the famous Brer Rabbit tales, presented through the Uncle Remus storytelling framework.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe stories occupy an important, though complicated, place in American literary and folklore history. Harris drew extensively upon African American oral storytelling traditions of the American South, particularly animal trickster tales with connections to West and Central African folklore. While the plantation setting, racial characterisation and Harris’s rendering of dialect are viewed critically today, the work remains significant to the history of American folklore and children’s literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eJ. A. Shepherd Illustrations\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis edition is illustrated by James Affleck Shepherd, the British illustrator particularly noted for his humorous and expressive depictions of animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe volume contains a colour frontispiece depicting Brer Rabbit, together with numerous black-and-white illustrations throughout the text. Shepherd’s lively interpretation of the Brer Rabbit stories makes this one of the more attractive early 20th-century editions of Harris’s work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eBinding\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eBound in the publisher’s original green pictorial cloth, with a large coloured illustration of Brer Rabbit bowing to a young girl on the upper board. The title and illustrator are printed decoratively in black, with further lettering to the spine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe pictorial upper board remains particularly attractive and retains good colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eA very good copy for its age. The original pictorial cloth remains bright and attractive, with general shelf and handling wear. The spine shows fading and toning consistent with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eInternally generally clean and well preserved, with occasional spotting and age-related marks. Colour frontispiece present and bright, with the numerous J. A. Shepherd illustrations throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eContemporary ownership inscription “From Uncle Jack” to the preliminary leaves, together with an old pencilled price notation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003ePlease examine the photographs carefully.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"auto\"\u003eWeight - 970g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"auto\"\u003eHeight - 21.2cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"auto\"\u003eWidth - 16cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"auto\"\u003eThickness - 3.5cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Momo Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54984055521619,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/9187\/5411\/files\/IMG_9241.jpg?v=1789751806","url":"https:\/\/www.momorarebooks.co.uk\/products\/nights-with-uncle-remus-joel-chandler-harris-illustrated-by-j-a-shepherd-1926","provider":"Momo Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}