Book - Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly ... Vol. I. Boston: John P. Jewett & Company. Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington. 1852.
1852 (Date published)
Beecher Stowe, Harriet. Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly ... Vol. I. Boston: John P. Jewett & Company. Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington. 1852.
8vo (190 x 115mm), pp. 312 with wood engraved illustrations, original publisher's cloth binding stamped in gold. Spine lacking.
Vol. I only of the First Edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin. This copy must have been owned by a child, because it has some arithmetic penciled in the front endpapers; it also has a little penciled inscription in a child's hand that says "a good book". A gift inscription in ink reads: "[given to]Mrs Emeline Chittenden by Sam C. Robinson".
While our Society sadly lacks the second volume, we are pleased to have a First Edition copy in its original publisher's binding (even if it is a little worn!), allowing us a glimpse into how the original readers experienced Stowe's novel in New England. We believe this is an early, but not first, printing of the First Edition. For more on this hugely influential novel, we invite you to explore the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center's website by clicking here.
8vo (190 x 115mm), pp. 312 with wood engraved illustrations, original publisher's cloth binding stamped in gold. Spine lacking.
Vol. I only of the First Edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin. This copy must have been owned by a child, because it has some arithmetic penciled in the front endpapers; it also has a little penciled inscription in a child's hand that says "a good book". A gift inscription in ink reads: "[given to]Mrs Emeline Chittenden by Sam C. Robinson".
While our Society sadly lacks the second volume, we are pleased to have a First Edition copy in its original publisher's binding (even if it is a little worn!), allowing us a glimpse into how the original readers experienced Stowe's novel in New England. We believe this is an early, but not first, printing of the First Edition. For more on this hugely influential novel, we invite you to explore the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center's website by clicking here.
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