The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus / Joel Chandler Harris
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.238
Description
190 pages. Illustrated. Tissue guarded frontis and 8 monotone plates, every page has an elaborate illustrated border with inset drawings. There are 4 different border designs.
First edition, publishes September 1904 on copyright page.
This book has 26 of Uncle Remus's stories put into verse and song. With the exception of the Tar Baby story, they were all new to this publication of 1904 and cover a variety of humorous subjects from Adan and Eve (De Appile Tree) to Brer Rabbit's Gigglin' Place. There are also genuine Camp Meeting Songs and a Corn Shuckin' Song.
Contents: Brer Rabbit and the tar-baby -- De appile-tree -- De 'gater and de rabbit gizzard -- A wishing song -- How Brer Tarrypin learned to fly -- "It's good to be old if you know how to do" -- The hard-headed woman -- Two tales in one--one tale in two -- Why the frog has no tail -- Uncle Remus captures a dream -- Why the buzzard's head is bald -- De ol' stand-bys -- Brer Rabbit's gigglin'-place -- Mr. Rabbit run fur--Mr. Rabbit run fas' -- Baylor's mail -- Revival hymn -- Camp-meeting song --Corn-shucking song -- The plough-hands' song -- Christmas play-song -- Plantation play-song -- Transcriptions: I. A plantation chant ; II. A plantation serenade -- De big Bethel Church -- Time goes by turns -- A howdy song.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
African Americans, Plantation life, Poetry, 1900s
Dimensions
Height
8-3/4 in
Width
5-1/2 in
Book Details
Author
Joel Chandler Harris
Illustrator
A.B. Frost, E.W. Kemble
Edition
First
Publisher
D. Appleton and Company
Place Published
City
New York
State/Province
New York
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1904
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding
Binding Designer
Decorative Designers
Binding Notes
Bound in vertically ribbed peach-colored cloth and stamped in gilt on the front boards and spine. Signed by the Decorative Designers.
Notes
Gift inscription dated 1905 with small Christmas sticker (Santa head) to the blank page after the printed endpapers. (For "Jarvis" Merry Christmas from Papa. Dec. 25, 05)
