STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin. Serialized in: The National Era. Volume V, Nos. 23, 25-28, 30-35, 37-43, 45, 47-52. Washington, D.C.: June 5, 1851-December 25, 1851. A RUN OF THE EXCEEDINGLY RARE ORIGINAL PARTS AS PUBLISHED SERIALLY.
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STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin. Serialized in: The National Era. Volume V, Nos. 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 34 [typographical error], 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, and 52. Washington, D.C.: June 5, 1851-December 25, 1851.
21 chapters in 26 parts only (of 40), folio, on a bifolium (each 685 x 486 mm). (Tears to folds affecting letters, some marginal chipping, some spotting or staining.) Provenance: E. McGregor (early signatures).
Prior to the publication of the first edition, Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin first appeared serially in The National Era, which was printed weekly. In this serial form, Stowe's work was printed one chapter at a time. The present run of issues comprises chapters: 1, 4-7, 9-19, 22, 24-27 (with Chapter 9 in two parts, Chapter 10 mis-labeled, Chapter 18 in three parts).
A RUN OF THE EXCEEDINGLY RARE ORIGINAL PARTS AS PUBLISHED SERIALLY of Stowe's work. The present run includes two numbers with no installment of Uncle Tom's Cabin: No. 34, August 21 1851 (with a note that Chapter 12 arrived too late for publication), and No. 51, December 18, 1851. Uncle Tom's Cabin appeared in 40 installments between 1851 and 1852, and based on the reception, Stowe was approached by a Boston publisher to publish her work. The first edition sold three hundred thousand copies in the first year, and by 1857, nearly two million copies had been sold.
Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant Mittler
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