[STOWE, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)]. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Boston and Cleveland: John P. Jewett & Company and Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, 1852. FIRST EDITION, 25th and 15th thousand.
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Feb 28, 2023
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[STOWE, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)]. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Boston and Cleveland: John P. Jewett & Company and Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, 1852. FIRST EDITION, 25th and 15th thousand.
2 volumes, 8vo (112 x 192 mm). Title-page vignettes, 6 engravings. (Toning, occasional spotting). Original brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind (recased preserving endleaves, original spine cloth lacking, hinges reinforced).
FIRST EDITION. Volume I in BAL's binding C, extra gilt bilding, marked 25th thousand to title page. Volume II in BAL's binding B (no priority), marked 15th thousand. Stowe's abolitionist novel credited with changing the attitudes of the American public towards slavery and Black Americans. BAL 19343; Grolier American 61.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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