Droll Doings Uncle Remus

Droll Doings Uncle Remus(Neilson, Harry B.) illustrator. DROLL DOINGS illustrated by Harry B. Neilson with verses by the Cockiolly Bird [pseudonym for Clifton Bingham]. London; Glasgow; Dublin: Blackie & Son, Limited, [1900]. FIRST EDITION. Folio 12 1 4" x 10 1 8". Red cloth backed color pictorial paper covered boards with shelf wear that is heaviest at the corners, and light dusting and soiling for what is still a nice copy of the book. Plain endpapers with gift inscription

precise ink outlines to define form

The exterior boards exhibit very minor light soiling

the first front flyleaf has been historically excised

It stands as a brilliant precursor to the nineteenth-century moveable toy book and the modern celluloid overlay

Prang & Co

TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN PICTURE BOOKS

string-bound as issued

Adding immense crossover appeal for fine art connoisseurs is the original frame backing

Glasgow: Lumsden and Son

and a sepia-toned circular paste-label to front cover with the slightest touches of rubbing to the two lower fore edge corners for what is a bright

top with general wear

4to - 10-5/16" x 6-7/8"