1852 Rare Second Edition ~ Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Illustrated.
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Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Title: Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Tale of Life Among the Lowly; or, Pictures of Slavery in The United States of America.
Publisher: London: Ingram, Cooke, & Co., 1852. Second edition published the same year as the first.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8 " X 5.5 ".
Pages: iv-355 pages + catalogue.
Binding: Very good original Victorian blind decorated full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. A rare find in the original publisher's binding!
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing and staining - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the 8 spirited engravings (frontispiece, title vignette, and 6 full-page illustrations).
The book: Scarce and early illustrated edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly -- an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. First published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S., and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the [American] Civil War."
The author: Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the Beecher family, a religious family, and became best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved African Americans. The book reached an audience of millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and in Great Britain, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. Stowe wrote 30 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. She was influential both for her writings and for her public stances and debates on social issues of the day.