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Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852
STOWE, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896). Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852.
First edition of Stowe’s passionate and best-selling anti-slavery novel. “Into the emotion-charged atmosphere of mid-nineteenth-century America Uncle Tom's Cabin exploded like a bombshell. To those engaged in fighting slavery it appeared as an indictment of all the evils inherent in the system they opposed; to the pro-slavery forces it was a slanderous attack on 'the Southern way of life.' [...] The social impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the United States was greater than that of any book before or since” (PMM). Published on 20 March 1852, the first printing of 5000 copies sold out in a matter of days and the second printing by the end of the month. BAL’s Binding B, no priority. BAL 19343; Grolier American 61; PMM 332.
Two volumes, octavo. (Minor spotting internally.) Original cloth (some wear at spine ends, with small chip to cloth of vol. 1 right above foot; spines leaning slightly); custom box.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852
STOWE, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896). Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852.
First edition of Stowe’s passionate and best-selling anti-slavery novel. “Into the emotion-charged atmosphere of mid-nineteenth-century America Uncle Tom's Cabin exploded like a bombshell. To those engaged in fighting slavery it appeared as an indictment of all the evils inherent in the system they opposed; to the pro-slavery forces it was a slanderous attack on 'the Southern way of life.' [...] The social impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the United States was greater than that of any book before or since” (PMM). Published on 20 March 1852, the first printing of 5000 copies sold out in a matter of days and the second printing by the end of the month. BAL’s Binding B, no priority. BAL 19343; Grolier American 61; PMM 332.
Two volumes, octavo. (Minor spotting internally.) Original cloth (some wear at spine ends, with small chip to cloth of vol. 1 right above foot; spines leaning slightly); custom box.
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