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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852
STOWE, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896). Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Boston: John P. Jewett, 1852.
The first edition, first printing, in the rare original wrappers, BAL's binding "A". Stowe’s passionate—and best-selling—anti-slavery novel is widely considered the most historically consequential novel in American history. “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. It is not known how many of this first printing were issued in wrappers, but the wrappers, of course, are the least likely to survive today. BAL 19343 (binding variant "A"); Grolier American 61; Grolier English 91; PMM 332.
Two volumes, octavo (190 x 120mm). Three plates in each volume. (Few minor stains internally.) Printed tan wrappers (some soiling and wear, rebacked with original paper backstrips mostly preserved, lower wrappers of both vols with small losses near spine and inlaid); modern quarter morocco slipcase.
Details
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852
STOWE, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896). Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Boston: John P. Jewett, 1852.
The first edition, first printing, in the rare original wrappers, BAL's binding "A". Stowe’s passionate—and best-selling—anti-slavery novel is widely considered the most historically consequential novel in American history. “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. It is not known how many of this first printing were issued in wrappers, but the wrappers, of course, are the least likely to survive today. BAL 19343 (binding variant "A"); Grolier American 61; Grolier English 91; PMM 332.
Two volumes, octavo (190 x 120mm). Three plates in each volume. (Few minor stains internally.) Printed tan wrappers (some soiling and wear, rebacked with original paper backstrips mostly preserved, lower wrappers of both vols with small losses near spine and inlaid); modern quarter morocco slipcase.
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