Uncle Tom's Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly and A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Boston and Cleveland: John P. Jewett and Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, 1852. First edition, first issue of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, volume with title vignettes and six wood-engravings. In very good condition. With a rare carte-de-visite and note card signed "truly yours HB Stowe." Comes with a first edition of Stowe's A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin, published in 1853. Housed in a custom case. In the emotion-charged atmosphere of mid-19th 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" (PMM 332). "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).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 112652
- Title
- Uncle Tom's Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly and A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
- Author
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John P. Jewett and Jewett, Proctor & Worthington
- Place of Publication
- Boston and Cleveland
- Date Published
- 1852
- Keywords
- Harriet Beecher Stowe First Edition, Uncle Tom's Cabin First Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
Founded by Matthew and Adrienne Raptis, Raptis Rare Books is an antiquarian book firm that specializes in literature, children's books, economics, photo books, signed and inscribed books, and landmark books in all fields. Our business model is simple: we strive to handle books that are in exceptional condition and to provide exceptional customer service.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
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