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Julia Collier Harris The Life and Letters of Joel Chandler Harris US First Edition Book 1918 with Cut Inscription and Signature of Joel Chandler Harris and 4 Page Letter from Julia Collier Harris
The First Edition has for sale the rare biographical Joel Chandler Harris book (the
author of Uncle Remus) written by his by daughter, Julia Collier Harris, and entitled
The Life and Letters of Joel Chandler Harris, which includes a rare clipped autograph
signature of Joel Chandler Harris and a 4 page letter by Julia Collier Harris, with
the original envelope.
The book has its original brown board with the name Joel Chandler Harris to the front within a gilt border. The boards are in Very Good condition with fading to the spine, very light marks to the boards; corner knocks; and crack to the front hinge (cosmetic rather than structural). A very attractive and presentable set of boards
There are 620 numbered pages containing a coloured frontispiece of Joel Chandler Harris and 30 black and white photographs. The pages are in overall Very Good condition with very light foxing to some pages
In addition to the book you will own a very rare inscription and signature of Joel Chandler Harris that has been removed from another book and has been tipped onto the blank front free endpaper, which reads:
“To Mrs. Josiah Kingsley Ohe: This Book: With the affectionate regards of Joel Chandler Harris”
Further, at the end of the book is a four page letter from Harris’ daughter and author of this book, Julia Collier Harris to Mrs Frank D. Webster, dated Sept 17, 1928. Harris writes:
“…I read the kind things you said about my biography. My last conversation with your dear father came back to me so vividly. I wanted to talk with him about his friendship for father Harris and he took me to the Waldorf for tea and we had such a delightful chat about old Atlanta days and his association with Father….”
The letter is 4 pages in length
Accompanying this letter is the original mailing envelope made out in Julia Collier Harris’ hand and postmarked September 19th, 1928; which has been tipped into the back of the book on the blank rear endpaper by the previous owner. With this letter is a cutting featuring Wren’s Nest, the home of Joel Chandler Harris.
This is an extremely rare book with a wonderful signature of Joel Chandler Harris and an interesting letter from his daughter. Any collector with an interest in Joel Chandler Harris and his work will definitely want to add this to their collection
Joel Chandler Harris (9th December 1845 to 3rd July 1908)
Joel Chandler Harris came into the world with very humble beginnings. He was the
illegitimate son of Mary Harris, being born in Eatonton, Georgia, United States of
America. At the age of just 13 Harris was an apprentice printer for a small local
newspaper owned by Joseph Addison Turner. Turner taught Harris the craft of writing.
Harris became a journalist, and he is most famous for writing the Uncle Remus series
of stories, based on one of the key characters, Uncle Remus, the black singer of
songs and teller of stories who used dialect to convey the struggle of the African
Americans in Down South nineteenth century USA. Another character in these stories
was . Br'er Rabbit ("Brother Rabbit"), a likable character, prone to tricks and
trouble-
Harris once observed about Br’er Rabbit: "the weakest and most harmless of all animals," but he is "victorious in contests with the bear, the wolf, and the fox." Thus "it is not virtue that triumphs, but helplessness; it is not malice, but mischievousness."
In 1946 Walt Disney produced a film of Joel Chandler Harris’ work called Song of the South that was an enormous success.
In 1918, ten years after the death of Harris, one of Harris’ 9 children, Julia wrote The Life and Letters of Joel Chandler Harris, a bibliographical account of her father which includes many anecdotes and letters to support the life and successes of her Father.
Some Images From The Life and Letters of Joel Chandler Harris 1918
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