uncle tom cabin, harriet beecher stowe

Descripción: Boston: John P. Jewett, 1852, 1852. First Edition; first printing. Two volumes; publisher's cloth. Spine ends strengthened; bookplates removed from front pastedowns; minor staining and foxing; tiny corner clipping on the first leaves of the first volume; a very good set in a custom slipcase with chemises (bookplates on each). Some 3000 copies of the 5000 in the first printing sold on the first day; subsequent printings in the first year totaled 300,000 copies, a stupendous number for its day. Laid into this copy is a quotation from the text in the authorÕs hand, signed and dated in 1891. She has identified this as from ÒUncle TomÕs Cabin. pg. 197 [volume II].Ó This leaf is a little browned and was removed from backing by a conservator, whose detailed report is included. Certainly 19th century America's most influential work of fiction; Lincoln referred to it as "the book that made this big war.". Nº de ref. de la librería 29225

Descripción: Boston: John P. Jewett & Co., 1852, 1852. 2 volumes, octavo. Original purple vertical-fine-ribbed cloth, spines lettered in gilt, front cover vignette stamped in gilt, other decoration stamped in blind, cream endpapers. Spines faded as usual (the purple dye fugitive in light), a couple of minor chips at spine ends, a few marks to boards and occasionally internally, but an excellent unrestored copy in original condition. Title vignettes and 6 wood-engraved plates. Early pencilled ownership inscriptions of Mrs Ruth D Wilson to front blanks. First edition of probably the most socially influential American book ever published. "Even before the publication of the serial [in the abolitionist newspaper The National Era] the Boston publisher John P. Jewett had expressed an interest in publishing [it] in book form. The two volumes, issued both in brown cloth and paper wrappers, appeared on 20 March 1852, two instalments before the conclusion of the serial in The National Era. The first printing of five thousand copies was exhausted in a few days and a second printing of the same size, indicated by 'ten thousand' on the title-page, was completely disposed of by the end of March. The sale of the book was indeed phenomenal In the emotion-charged atmosphere of mid-nineteenth-century America Uncle Tom's Cabin exploded like a bombshell the social impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the United States was greater than that of any book before or since" (PMM). BAL 19343; Printing and the Mind of Man 332; Grolier American 100, 61. Nº de ref. de la librería 52277

Descripción: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852. Hardcover. Estado de conservación: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with no other printings designated on the title page of either volume. Both books of this 2 volume set are the TRUE FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST Printings bound with the copyright page statement "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851 by Harriet Beecher Stowe" and "Stereotyped by Hobart & Robbins" on the bottom of that page. An exceptional set in the original binding, with no restoration or touch up of any kind. This magnificent set is seldom found in this nice of condition. Most copies are restored or re-bound, this copy is not. The boards are crisp with light wear to the spine ends. The pages are exceptionally clean, with no writing, marks of bookplates in the book. Overall, an outstanding copy housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation and presentation. Nº de ref. de la librería ABE-4821573251

Descripción: John P. Jewett, Boston, 1852. Hardcover. Estado de conservación: Very Good. First printing. catalog10/12 First printing, 1852, 2 volumes, bound in original embossed and gilt decorated brown cloth. Good+ to very good set. very good with some cloth restoration to spine ends, first volume with authograph sentiment from author mounted on pastedown, "Psalm 37.3, A Good motto for Life, Death & Eternity / Trust in the Lord and Do Good. From your wellwisher, H. B. Stowe, July 1, 1886" . The contents appear to have been washed, probably in the 1940s when this was purchased, and there is evidence of some straightening out of dog ears, folds and creases. Housed in cloth chemises and half morocco slipcase with richly gilded spines. Handsome set in better condition visually than it catalogs. Nº de ref. de la librería C00006514

Descripción: John P. Jewett & Company, Boston, 1852. Leather bound. First edition. Two volume set. 312+322pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Beautifully rebound by Stikeman and company in full Morocco with decorative gilt stamping to the boards, backstrip and dentelles. Raised bands and gilt titles on backstrips. New marbled endsheets and pastedowns. The original cloth from the boards and backstrips are bound in at the rear. Both volume very good. Small discoloration on the front pastedown of volume one due to removal of a bookplate. Minor sporadis foxing. Otherwise this is a clean set that has been finely bound. Tipped in at the front of volume one is an inscription from the author that reads: "Trust in the Lord / and / Do good / Harriet Beecher Stowe / Nov. 3rd 1893." Nice example of this American literature high spot. BAL 19343. The original cloth bound in at the rear is binding style B. According to a note in 'National Era' (where the original serialization of this work appeared) April 1, 1852, the first printing of 5,000 copies, published on March 20th was already exhausted and a second print had appeared. A major best seller upon release. BAL 19343. Nº de ref. de la librería 32117

Descripción: Cambridge: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, 1896, 1896. 17 volumes, octavo. Green half crushed morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, marbled sides and endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Spines tanned, contents lightly toned. An excellent set. Illustrations throughout. Signed limited edition, one of 250 sets signed by Harriet Beecher Stowe and dated in her hand January 5th 1896, just a few months before her death. A very attractively bound set comprising her works, a biographical sketch, and her letters. Nº de ref. de la librería 68492

Descripción: Boston: John P. Jewett, 1852, 1852. A sharp copy in original publisher's cloth of the first edition of one of the most important works of American literature. With contemporary ownership inscriptions on the front pastedowns dated only 6 days after the book's publication, "Lucy Curtis / Newton, March 26, 1852" (BAL notes that Uncle Tom's Cabin was advertised for March 20). "In the emotion-charged atmosphere of mid-ninteenth-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.' Whatever its weakness as a literary work -- structural looseness and excess of sentiment among them - the social impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the United States was greater than of any book before or since" (PMM) First edition (with Hobart & Robbins on the copyright pages). 8vo. Illustrated vignette on title pages and 6 plates by Hammatt Billings. [iii]-x, [13]-312; iv, [5]-322 pp. Publisher's brown cloth (BAL binding B) front covers gilt-stamped with vignette, spine lettering gilt. Wear to spine ends and corners, wear to rear joint of vol. II, some intermittent foxing and spotting throughout, still a very attractive set, in custom brown cloth chemises and a morocco-backed slipcase. BAL 19343; Wright 2401; PMM 332; Grolier American 100, 61; Sabin 92457. Provenance: Lucy Curtis (her inscriptions on pastedowns, "Lucy Curtis / Newton, March 26, 1952"). Nº de ref. de la librería 259578

Descripción: 1852. [In Two Volumes.] Boston: John P. Jewett & Company / Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, 1852. Original blind-stamped brown cloth with front cover vignettes in gilt. First Edition, first issue (without mention of any "thousand" of copies on the title pages). The first printing consisted of 5000 copies, but within ten days that printing was sold and another 5000 copies (with "Tenth Thousand" on the titles) were printed; within six months the total was up to 120,000. ~Mrs. Stowe had been inspired to write this novel by the 1850 passage of the Fugitive Slave Act, in which "all good citizens" (Northern as well as Southern) were commanded to assist Federal agents in capturing runaway slaves and returning them to their masters. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN was first published serially in the abolitionist periodical "National Era," from June 1851 to April 1852; the author had originally intended to complete the work in a few issues, but strong public interest encouraged her to continue it for ten months. This book was published in March 1852, prior to the end of serialization, and quickly became a "runaway" sensation. Certainly this book, in combination with the Fugitive Slave Act, was a major catalyst of the American Civil War -- as Lincoln himself implied, when he met Mrs. Stowe.~This copy is in Blanck's binding "B," the standard cloth one with most ornamentation in blind but with the front cover vignettes in gilt; the cloth color is brown (black and purple were also used, without precedence). Binding "A" is in wrappers, and binding "C" is cloth with all ornamentation in gilt -- "sequence, if any, not established," though the deposit copy was in this binding "B."~The volumes have very slight wear at the spine ends (much less than usual -- often the spine ends are largely chipped away), and there is occasional light foxing within (as usual); a few gatherings stand slightly proud in Vol II, but the volumes remain tight. Though copies of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN are out there, we don't see many in this condition. Blanck 19343; Merle Johnson "High Spot" of American Literature -- though he says "These books are of such paramount historical importance that it is difficult to evaluate them as literature.". Nº de ref. de la librería 12373

Descripción: Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879, 1879. First Edition, thus; with a 31 page new introduction by Stowe. Publisher's cloth; first issue ("Holiday Edition") with red borders around the text; 3016 copies printed; some minor foxing; cloth fraying; very good. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the second blank, "Very truly yours, H.B. Stowe/ Bay View House/ August 23, 1879.". Nº de ref. de la librería 19415

Descripción: 0. STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. Later 3/4-morocco and cloth, gilt-decorated spine with raised bands. Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852. 2 Vols. First edition, first issue. BAL 19343. Grolier American 100, #61. Printing and the Mind of Man 332. Highspots of American Literature, p. 70. Illustrated with 3 woodcut plates in each volume. This seminal anti-slavery literary work exhausted its first printing in less than 2 weeks. Light scattered foxing, else a near fine set in a handsome binding. Nº de ref. de la librería 53951

Descripción: John P. Jewett & Co., Boston, 1852. Cloth W/Gold Stamped Design. Estado de conservación: Almost Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VERY RARE - SCARCE EDITION, RARE FIRST EDITION/RARE FIRST PRINTING, ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S CLOTH-GIFT BINDING. When ABRAHAM LINCOLN first met HARRIET BEECHER STOWE in 1862, he said, "So this is the little lady who is responsible for this big war" UNCLE TOM'S CABIN or, Life Among the Lowly by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, BOSTON: John P. Jewett & Co., 1852. RARE TRUE FIRST EDITION. FIRST PRINTING. 2 volumes, 8vo. 8.0" x 5.25" inches. (LxB). Pp. x, (1), 14-312 + 3 plates; iv, 5-322 pages + 3 plates. True first issue with "Hobart & Robbins" slug-imprint on copyright pages of both volumes. Original publisher's preferred purple-brown cloth gift binding, gilt lettered spine, gilt vignette to center of front boards, blind stamped ornamentation on back boards. There are title page vignettes and three black on white engravings by Hammett Billings in each volume. The gift bound covers have gilt stamped designs that is the same as the title page vignette, plus fine blind stamped border decorations. The gilt on the covers & spines are still bright. Three thousand copies were sold the first day, within a few days ten thousand copies had gone, and thereafter eight presses running day and night were barely able to keep pace with the demand for it. Within a year three hundred thousand copies were sold. A classic work. Complete as issued. Because Uncle Tom's Cabin so polarized the abolitionist and anti-abolitionist debate, some claim it to be one of the causes of the Civil War. When ABRAHAM LINCOLN first met HARRIET BEECHER STOWE in 1862, he said, "So this is the little lady who is responsible for this big war". "In 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" (Printing and the Mind of Man). Uncle Tom's Cabin is the only American novel to be included in Printing and the Mind of Man. BAL 19343. Grolier, 100 American, 61. Grolier, 100 English, 91. Hildreth, p. 8. Printing and the Mind of Man 332. Uncle Tom's Cabin was immediately successful upon its publication. "Within a decade after its publication Uncle Tom's Cabin had become the most popular novel ever written by an American. there is substantial evidence that the book precipitated the American Civil War" (Downs, Books That Changed America, 108). No work of fiction ever spread more quickly throughout the reading community or awakened a greater amount of public feeling. It was read by everybody, learned and unlearned, high and low, for it was an appeal to universal human sympathy, and the kindling of this spread the book like wildfire. At first it seemed to go by acclamation. But this was not altogether owing to sympathy with the theme. I believe that it was its power as a novel that carried it largely. The community was generally apathetic when it was not hostile to any real effort to be rid of slavery. This presently appeared. At first there were few dissenting voices from the chorus of praise. But when the effect of the book began to be evident it met with an opposition fiercer and more personal than the great wave of affectionate thankfulness which greeted it at first. The South and the defenders and apologists of slavery everywhere were up in arms. It was denounced in pulpit and in press, and some of the severest things were said of it at the North. The leading religious newspaper of the country, published in New York, declared that it was "anti-Christian." The ascertained translations of Uncle Tom's Cabin are into twenty-three tongues, namely: Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Flemish, French, German, Hungarian, Illyrian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, modern Greek, Russian, Servian, Siamese. Nº de ref. de la librería 001934

Descripción: Jewett, 1852. Hardcover. Estado de conservación: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with no other printings designated on the title page of either volume. Later editions will indicate Tenth Thousand, Twenty-Fifth Thousand, One hundred & fifth thousandth, etc. on the title page. This two volume set is still in the ORIGINAL cloth with professional restoration to the spine and panels. The bindings are tight, with NO cocking or tears to the cloth. The endpapers in volume 1 have discolorization and a few pages in Volume 2 has some stains. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in either volume. Overall, a wonderful set, and the TRUE FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST PRINTINGS of both books housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation. We buy Harriet Beecher Stowe First Editions. Nº de ref. de la librería ABE-9423795038

Descripción: Hardcover. Estado de conservación: Fine. 1st Edition. Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852. First edition, first issue with Hobart & Robbins imprint on copyright page. Two volumes. Six inserted black & white engravings. 1852. Elegantly rebound circa 1900 in full crushed deep maroon morocco with green morocco doublures, spine with raised bands in six compartments. Spine compartments stamped with full four corner and central device design as well as rules to raised bands and boards with two sets of plain triple rule rectangles with elaborate corner devices and an outer decorative triple rule. Doublure gilt stamped with four plain and two decorative rectangles. Original brown cloth, gilt and blind stamped covers bound in at the rear of each volume. The faintest and very occasional foxing, very minor rubbing to joints, overall fine and very handsome. 312 pp., 322 pp. Blanck: Bibliography of American Literature, 19343. Grolier American 100, 61; Printing and the Mind of Man 332: "In 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 [the novel] on the United States was greater than that of any book before or since." When Abraham Lincoln met its author at the White House in 1862, he is said to have exclaimed, "So this is the little lady who made this big war?" This first printing of five thousand copies was exhausted in a few days, and the book eventually sold more copies in the 19th century than another book except the Bible. Perhaps the most influential work of American literature and a cornerstone of 19th century literature. The initial printing sold out immediately upon publication and the book went through continual reissue for years after its introduction. Nicely illustrated editions bound and decorated as with this copy have become increasingly difficult to find. For Harriet Beecher Stowe, the battle against slavery was a God-ordained crusade to cleanse the United States of an evil affront to humanity. In the emotion charged atmosphere of mid-19th century America this novel exploded like an atomic bomb. For those opposed to slavery it was a testament to all that was wrong in an evil system. To the pro-slavery forces it was considered a slanderous attack on an established way of life. In either case, the impact of UNCLE TOM¿S CABIN on the society of the United States of America was probably greater than any book published before or since. PMM Stowe presented her story in the style of popular works of the era [melodramatically]--and with religious undertones, but the themes of the novel--the breaking up of families, violence, the naive idea of a return to Africa, and the question of slaves agency in this oppression--are historically significant. Stowe had not only witnessed incidents like the ones described in her novel, but had long been concerned about slavery, having read the autobiographies of Frederick Douglass and Louis Clark, as well as the abolitionist tracts of L.M. Child and Theodore Weld, and in 1850, when the Fugitive Slave Act was passed, she began writing Uncle Tom¿s Cabin. [The Fem GT Lit in Eng] The Fugitive Slave Act, in combination with her book, were arguably the catalysts for the Civil War, as even Lincoln implied upon meeting Stowe. The initial printing sold out immediately, of the roughly 5000 copies of the first issue printed, 3000 are believed to have sold on the very first day. Nº de ref. de la librería 000273

Descripción: John P. Jewett Co., Boston, 1852. Hardcover. Estado de conservación: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. 1852 John P. Jewett TRUE FIRST EDITIONS/FIRST Printings in 2 Volumes as evidenced by the copyright page stating: " Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851 by Harriet Beecher Stowe" and "Stereotyped by Hobart & Robbins" on the bottom of that page. No other printings designated on the title page and a **SIGNED & INSCRIBED** slip affixed to the 2nd ffep " Very truly yours, HB Stowe Feb. 2, 1869." A VG/VG set rebound in brown leather and marbled boards and new endpages. There are labels on the spines showing title/author and volume. Inside there is foxing and mild staining throughout but the text is clear and easily readable. The page ends on Vol. 1 are light and clean and the edges of Volume II are much darker which probably means they have been put together as a set but perhaps not? Either way a remarkable TRUE FIRST with an always RARE signature!. Signed by Author(s). Nº de ref. de la librería 6904

Descripción: John P. Jewett and Company, Boston, 1852. Three-Quarter Leather. Estado de conservación: Collectible; Very Good. First Edition. A handsome copy of the correct 1852 1st edition, 1st issue. Complete in 2 Vols. Key issue points: No mention of additional printings on title pages; "Hobart and Robbins" printer's slug on both copyright pages; 6 plates total (3 in each volume); and title page vignetttes. Attractive early 20th century re-binding signed by P.B. Sanford Bindery of Boston. 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards. Raised bands, bright gilt-decorated and lettered compartments. Both volumes clean and tight and solidly VG+. Minor foxing and spotting thruout text, very light wear to outer hinges. 12mos, 634 pgs. all told. Top-edges gilt, marbled endpapers. A very striking set. Nº de ref. de la librería 2609

Descripción: John P. Jewitt & Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1852. Hardcover. Estado de conservación: Near Fine. First Edition. Two volumes, contempory full black leather binding by Joseph Zaehnsdorf of London ( 1816-1886), a leading European bookbinder in the mid-1800's. Gilt rule to boards, raised bands, gilt decorated and titled spine compartments. Author name on spine given as "Mrs. Stowe". Gilt decorated turn-ins, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Each volume with two nameplates, one on the front endpaper and one on the pastedown. The latter is the bookplate of Dr. and Mrs. Howard T Behrman. Dr. Behrman (1914-1985) was a benefactor of Princeton University and Vice Chairman of their Library Friends Council. The interior of each volume is Near Fine, with slight tanning to the pages. Some tiny spotting to the endpapers of Volume 1, and one endpaper with glue remains. Two small areas of tape remains to the endpapers of Volume 2.The bindings of each volume are also Near Fine, with slight rubbing to the spines of each. Volume 2 also has slight loss to the top of the spine. A truly beautiful set, inside and out. Nº de ref. de la librería 002464

Descripción: John P. Jewett, Boston, 1852. Pictorial Cloth. Estado de conservación: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. John P. Jewett & Company, Boston MA, 1852. Very Good. . Billings, H. (illustrator). First Edition. 8vo -. Boston: John P. Jewett & Company and Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, 1852 - 2 volumes - First Edition/First printing - Very good in their preferred pretty Gilt extra Red Gift Binding. 7.75" tall x 4.75" - Original binding: binding A gilt extra cloth with blindstamped dec both covers & spine, gilt lettered vignette on front, gilt lettered title, author, vol. number & publisher on spine; engraved vignette repeated on title pages; 3 b/w illustrations by Billings in each volume; Hobart & Robbins on both copyright pages; no statement of number of copies printed or ads - Vol. I: x + 312 pp; Vol. II: iv + 322 pp. Condition: both vols. slightly cocked, some edge wear, as par, chipping to tops of both spines, some sl shakes to signatures, June 1852 faint previous owner neat ink signature in both volumes of a Boston admirer of Ms.Stowe. Listed in Printing and the Mind of Man 332. The book of lowly life which served as a spark to lit the fuse of the powderkeg of the war between the states and achieved world wide fame for Ms Stowe. One of the landmarks of American literature. Matches all points for the first printing as listed in BAL #19343. Hardcover. Nº de ref. de la librería 1000345

Descripción: John P. Jewett & Company, Boston MA, 1852. Hard Cover. Estado de conservación: Good. No Jacket. Billings, H. Ilustrador. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boston: John P. Jewett & Company and Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, 1852 - 2 volumes - First Edition/First printing - Good to Good+ hardcovers - 7.75" tall x 4.75" - Original binding: binding B: brown cloth with blindstamped dec both covers & spine, gilt lettered vignette on front, gilt lettered title, author, vol. number & publisher on spine; engraved vignette repeated on title pages; 3 b/w illustrations by Billings in each volume; Hobart & Robbins on both copyright pages; no statement of number of copies printed or ads - Vol. I: x + 312 pp; Vol. II: iv + 322 pp. Condition: both vols. slightly cocked, rubbed at corners with moderate discolor to endpapers, edges age toned but clean, few small spots and margin smudges; Vol. I has 1/4" cloth loss at bottom of spine, tiny nick at rear edge, small edge dampstain to front endpapers and rear hinge tender; Vol. II has small corner chip off one page; otherwise, pages and illustrations are clear, binding tight. Matches all points for the first printing as listed in BAL #19343. Nº de ref. de la librería BL111107

Descripción: John P. Jewett & Company, Boston, MA, 1852. Full-Leather. Estado de conservación: Very Good. First Edition. First Issue with Hobbart and Robbins as printers. BAL 19343. Grolier Club's One Hundred Influential American Books before 1900. Full brown leather bindings from the 19th Century. Five raised bands, elaborate gold tooling to spines, title and author black leather patches to spine, Volume I title missing, Volume II title half mising, small tear at top of Volume I; both could be replaced by a competent binder. Gold tooling to cover boards, creating a frame with a full circle at each corner, cover boards edges have gold rule as well, pastedown paper is burgundy with a tooled border design surround the pastedowns. Hand-sewn headbands in both volumes. An exceptional period binding. Clean and crisp within. Photographs gladly provided on request. Nº de ref. de la librería 17750

Descripción: John P. Jewett & Company, Boston, 1852. Hardcover; First Printing. Estado de conservación: VG+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Special Publisher's Presentation Binding, 1St Edition, 1St Printing, with tipped in dated autograph of the Author-Harriet Beecher Stowe. RARE, Volume 1 only of a 2 volume set. Enclosed in Near Fine to VG+ circa 1930's custom slipcase with some very lt extremity rub/corner wear. Original greenish blue pictorial cloth, very decorative/embossed gilt covers and spine with added embellishments and rules to front, rear and spine. Spine is gilt lettered also and AEG (All Edges Gilt). "HB Stowe Nov 10, /37" penned in the author's hand on a 1' x 2 ½" piece of paper that has been tipped to a later inserted page adjacent to the title page most likely around the time the slipcase was made. Spine is lightened a bit and spine tips/corners with minor wear, some light chipping and lt extremity rubbing though still fresh and overall bright. A very small prev book seller label from Whipple & Son, Salem on pep. Some Prelim/forelim lt foxing and some occasional foxing on a few txt pgs. A very nice, specially bound copy with autograph of the author. ; B/W plates; 312 pages. Nº de ref. de la librería 44430

Descripción: John P. Jewett & Company, Boston, 1852, 1852. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. 2 volumes., 16mo., pps. I 312, II 322. Illustrated with plates throughout. Internally clean. In unsigned but fine, sumptuous recent 'West End' style binding of full crushed brown morocco, boards heavily embossed in blind, five raised bands to spine, ruled in gilt, marbled endpapers with generous tooled margins, all edge gilt. A lovely copy. First Issue of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' with Hobbart and Robbins being the printers. BAL 19343. Nº de ref. de la librería 24571

Descripción: Stowe, Harriet Beecher. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN.Boston: John P. Jewett, 1852. 2 vols. bound inone. First edition, first printing. Contemporarythree-quarter black morocco-grained sheep, raisedbands, gilt. A very good solid copy of a bookusually found in later printings or in modernbindings. Some modest rubbing, neat mend tohinges, and scattered foxing. Originally issued inthree publisher's bindings (wrappers at $1; cloth,gilt at $1.50; and cloth, fully gilt at. Nº de ref. de la librería 20938

Descripción: U.S. Printing & Litho Co., Erie, Pennsylvania, 1914. Broadside. Estado de conservación: Very Good. Approximately 28" x 10". Printed on both sides. The paper is evenly toned. Some edge wear with a diagonal crease across the top right corner. Hand stamp for "Dudley Opera House, Bryant's Pond [Maine], Oct 2" at the bottom of the front side. Exceptionally scarce advertising poster for a classic travelling Tom show. Large illustrations include Eva hugging Uncle Tom, Eva on her deathbed, slaves dancing in the evening, a log cabin, dogs chasing Eliza across the ice (a classic Tom show scene not found in the novel), and most dramatically, a slave with broken shackles praising portraits of President Abraham Lincoln and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Other highlights of the production included a real "dog and pony" show; performances by a brass band, concert orchestra, singing quartets, jubilee shouters, a steamboat race, and buck & wing dancers. Only one auction record at Americana Exchange. Nº de ref. de la librería 007615

Descripción: Boston: John P. Jewett & Co. 1852, 1852. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Engr. titles; occasional browning and staining; ends of lines affected by adhesion on final page vol. II. Contemp. half dark blue roan, spines with thin gilt bands and thick raised bands; rubbed. Contemp. gift inscriptions on leading f.e.ps. First published in 41 weekly instalment, 1851-52, in The National Era, an abolitionist newspaper published in Washington D.C. Without the benefit of an international copyright law, the work was very quickly pirated in the UK. The first British book editions appeared in May 1852, the work being offered to the public by a multitude of eager publishers. Nº de ref. de la librería 58297

Descripción: JOHN P. JEWETT & CO., 1852. Estado de conservación: GOOD. GOOD, 2 VOLUMES, ORGINAL CLOTH, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, VIGETTE ENGRAVING ON TITLE PAGE OF EACH VOLUME, THREE FULL PAGE STEELE ENGRAVINGS PER VOLUME, HOBART & ROBBINS ON COPYRITE PAGE, NO OTHER PRINTINGS MENTIONED. Nº de ref. de la librería 86836002

Descripción: John P. Jewett & Co., Boston, 1852. Hardcover. First Edition. First volume is twenty-fifth and the second volume twentieth thousand. In the special gift binding which BAL 19343 notes as Binding C. Extra gilt binding with decorations on spines and all covers, all edges gilt, and patterned endpapers. [iii]-x, [13]-312; [i]-iv, [5]-322 pages. Illustrated with title page engravings and six plates. This set with the later Rand imprint on both copyright pages and all corrections made, as expected for a printing after the first. Grolier American 100, 61; Printing and the Mind of Man 332: "In 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 [the novel] on the United States was greater than that of any book before or since." When Abraham Lincoln met its author at the White House in 1862, he is said to have exclaimed, "So this is the little lady who made this big war?" The first printing of five thousand copies was exhausted in a few days, and the book eventually sold more copies in the 19th century than any other book except the Bible. This printing was likely a month or so after the initial printing. Small address label on the front endpaper of the first volume; light pencil signatures in each volume. Occasional staining but generally quite clean. Bindings slightly cocked with minor edgewear but nice examples. A Very Good set in the uncommon gift binding. Nº de ref. de la librería 012900

Descripción: Boston: Jophn P. Jewett and Company, 1853. Hardcover. Estado de conservación: Fine. 1st Edition. First Illustrated Edition. 8vo, cloth boards. A fine copy of this scarce illustrated edition, housed in a custom slipcase. Nº de ref. de la librería ABE-1233772739

Descripción: John P. Jewett & Co. Cleveland, Ohio, 1853. Hardcover. Estado de conservación: Very Good-. First Edition. Tipped in, mounted to a larger piece of paper, is a slip of paper (5" x 1 1/4") SIGNED by H. B. Stowe (someone has penned the author's name underneath the signature). Original green cloth, with blindstamped borders and title on both front and reasr panels, and gilt lettering and decoration on the spine. The cloth is rubbed, boards exposed at the corners, and the spine ends are frayed with short tears. The pages have some waviness (not from any moisture, but rather from the thin quality of paper used), and there is the occasional soiling. Even with the the wear to the cloth this is a near very good copy of Harriet Beecher Stowe's defense against the attacks and criticism of her work, Uncle Tom's Cabin. Signed. Nº de ref. de la librería 13051216

Descripción: John Cassell, 1852, London, 1852. Paperback. Estado de conservación: Very Good/No Jacket. George Cruikshank Ilustrador. First English Edition. 8vo Unbound. Very Good+. First English edition, in thirteen parts, illustrated with twenty-seven plates by Cruikshank. There is some creasing of front cover of the first fascicule, otherwise all of the parts are in very good condition. Housed in a half-leather clamshell box. Grolier #61. Nº de ref. de la librería 11571