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Cruikshank's edition in original parts, 1852
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Cruikshank's edition in original parts, 1852
STOWE, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896). Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Illustrated by George CRUIKSHANK (1792-1878). London: John Cassell, 1852.
Original parts issue of the first Cruikshank edition in excellent original wrappers. The supposed first of the dozens of unauthorized English editions of Stowe's work, which was unprotected by international copyright. The first part wrapper is in a different style than all the following (not noted by Cohn) and implies an early issue. It is a simpler precursor, leaving out the promised number of Cruikshank illustrations, number of parts, and the completion of the parts by Christmas. Beginning with part 7, there are notes for future binding at the foot of the front wrapper. The illustrations as they were coming out did "not always accord with the Letter-press of each Number." As noted by Cohn, the wrappers are "difficult to get in a good state" as they were printed on thin paper; here they are excellent. Cassell advertised on the wrappers of this work another unauthorized production: Uncle Tom's Cabin Almanack; or The Abolitionist Memento for 1853, billed as "the most complete work on the question of slavery that has hitherto been published ... Price one shilling, beautifully printed in super-royal 8vo."Cohn 777; see BAL 19518.
13 parts, octavo (205 x 129mm). With 27 wood-engraved plates after George Cruikshank; plus frontispiece portrait of Stowe and title-page vignette in part 13. Advertisement slips in part 5. (A few spots internally.) Original printed wrappers (mild fraying and soiling, part 1 with some tears, fraying a little heavier on parts 2 & 13); modern quarter morocco box. Provenance: William Hartman Woodin (bookplate laid in).
Cruikshank's edition in original parts, 1852
STOWE, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896). Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Illustrated by George CRUIKSHANK (1792-1878). London: John Cassell, 1852.
Original parts issue of the first Cruikshank edition in excellent original wrappers. The supposed first of the dozens of unauthorized English editions of Stowe's work, which was unprotected by international copyright. The first part wrapper is in a different style than all the following (not noted by Cohn) and implies an early issue. It is a simpler precursor, leaving out the promised number of Cruikshank illustrations, number of parts, and the completion of the parts by Christmas. Beginning with part 7, there are notes for future binding at the foot of the front wrapper. The illustrations as they were coming out did "not always accord with the Letter-press of each Number." As noted by Cohn, the wrappers are "difficult to get in a good state" as they were printed on thin paper; here they are excellent. Cassell advertised on the wrappers of this work another unauthorized production: Uncle Tom's Cabin Almanack; or The Abolitionist Memento for 1853, billed as "the most complete work on the question of slavery that has hitherto been published ... Price one shilling, beautifully printed in super-royal 8vo."Cohn 777; see BAL 19518.
13 parts, octavo (205 x 129mm). With 27 wood-engraved plates after George Cruikshank; plus frontispiece portrait of Stowe and title-page vignette in part 13. Advertisement slips in part 5. (A few spots internally.) Original printed wrappers (mild fraying and soiling, part 1 with some tears, fraying a little heavier on parts 2 & 13); modern quarter morocco box. Provenance: William Hartman Woodin (bookplate laid in).
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