HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER — The Bishop and the Boogerman

New York, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Charlotte Harding. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book is in clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The gilding on the front cover and spine is bright. The contents include 8 full page black and white illustrations by Charlotte Harding. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. "Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1848 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a plantation during his teenage years, Harris spent most of his adult life in Atlanta working as an associate editor at The Atlanta Constitution. Harris led two professional lives: as the editor and journalist known as Joe Harris, he supported a vision of the New South with the editor Henry W. Grady (1880–1889) , which stressed regional and racial reconciliation after the Reconstruction era; as Joel Chandler Harris, fiction writer and folklorist, he wrote many 'Brer Rabbit' stories from the African-American oral tradition. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .