First Edition Uncle Toms Cabin Original Book Cover
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First edition uncle toms cabin original book cover. Later editions can still be quite valuable if they are in good condition and are a special printing for example if the book is the first illustrated edition. Stowe gathered her research materials and published them in this rare book. Bindings are in near fine condition toning to the spines slight wear to end of spine on volume ii no lose else overall fine. After being sold to a slave trader tom suffers brutal treatment and is eventually beaten to death for his refusal to betray his.
Uncle toms cabin by harriet beecher stowe. First edition one hundred tenth thousand. 12mo over 6 7 tall. One that does leave a bit of grief questioning.
Presented with an opportunity to escape he instead chooses to remain in slavery to avoid embarrassing his master. Many people however questioned the basis of truth of the novel. He told me that old editions of uncle toms cabin by harriet beecher stowe are fairly common it was one of the most popular and highly printed books of the 19th century. When it was first published uncle toms cabin brought with its huge success enormous attention to the depravity of slavery.
Uncle toms cabin was popular with a lot of different generations and classes of readersat left the way it first appeared you can click on that cover or any of the others on this page to see a larger imagebelow drawn from the collections of the harriet beecher stowe center in hartford connecticut and special. Fast free shipping on many items. In uncle toms cabin by harriett beecher stowe the title character uncle tom is a long suffering slave loyal to both his faith and his master. 2 volumes in original cloth.
She skillfully winds you through the different paths of characters and creates a mostly satisfying conclusion. Jewett company cleveland 1852. Uncle toms cabin john p. Inside the cover of this old time favorite stowe easily takes readers inside the minds the slaves the slave owners and those with abolitionist like minds.
First edition with hobart robbins slug on the copyright page. By the time the book came out an eager public was waiting to buy it and over 10000 copies of the two volume work were sold in the first week patkus schlosser. A clean very presentable copy. Uncle toms cabin 1852 also available im happy to give a discount on the 2 books if you would like more pictures or information please ask.
Its easy to judge one thing about stowes book from its covers. Jewett 1852 first edition 2 volumes a bit of wear to a small section of the front covers where it appears that some less than intelligent creature at one time had placed price stickers else a vg copy bound in 34 brown burnt umber lery handsome copy of this landmark title. A first edition 1852 in good condition can command 15000. Seller inventory 013443.
Harriet beecher stowes uncle toms cabin is a book worth reading.