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  Rare first edition of Joel Chandler Harris' Evening Tales' lengthily inscribed by him

  HARRIS, Joel Chandler.

  Evening Tales: Done Into English from the French of Frederic Ortoli.

  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893.

  First edition of the author's charming collection of children's stories. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "My dear Field: As you have made me a millionaire, it is an easy matter to present you this book, which was already yours. It is also easy as well as true to say that I am Faithfully yours: Joel Chandler Harris. This is Mr. Rabbit that runs in the grass - Oh rise up ladies, and let him pass." The recipient, Eugene Field, as an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. Known as the "poet of childhood", Field first started publishing poetry in 1879, when his poem "Christmas Treasures" appeared in A Little Book of Western Verse. Over a dozen volumes of poetry followed and he became well known for his light-hearted poems for children, among the most famous of which are "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" and "The Duel" (which is perhaps better known as "The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat"). Equally famous is his poem about the death of a child, "Little Boy Blue". Harris was an admirer of Field and originally referred to his house in Atlanta, Georgia as Snap Bean Farm, a reference to fellow author Field's home Sabine Farm. In near fine condition. With Field's bookpl...

  Price: $7,500.00     Item Number: 133051

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