STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. 1852. FIRST EDITION, EARLY ISSUE. With a sentiment cut from letter SIGNED BY STOWE.
Sale 1335 - Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
Jun 6, 2024
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STOWE, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896). Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Or, Life among the Lowly. Boston and Cleveland: John P. Jewett & Company and Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, 1852.
2 volumes, 12mo (190 x 116 mm). Title-page vignettes, 6 engravings. (Some spotting and staining throughout, slight marginal creasing.) Original brown cloth decorated in gilt and blind [BAL Binding B, no priority] (rebacked preserving original spines and endpapers, slight rubbing and staining, some wear and repairs to extremities); folding case.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with “spilt” for “spiled” in Vol.I, p.42, line 1; “cathecism” for “catechism” in Vol.II, p.74, line 5; and the single imprint of Hobart & Robbins on copyright pages, in BAL binding B. Uncle Tom's Cabin was initially serialized in the abolitionist periodical The National Era beginning on 5 July 1851. The book is often credited with inflaming Northern sentiment against slavery and thus leading directly to the American Civil War. BAL 19343; Grolier 100, 61; PPM 332; Sabin 92457.
[With:] STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Signed sentiment cut from letter, "Respectfully Yours, HB Stowe" laid in (with some adhesive remnants verso from being tipped onto the front free endpaper of vol.I).
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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