[Rarebooks] FS: True First Printing of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, 1852, in original cloth

[charles agvent]

Another item from our February list of New Arrivals related to the 
struggles of people of color in the United States: 
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STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN; OR, LIFE AMONG THE LOWLY. 
Boston: John P. Jewett & Co. 1852. First Edition. First Printing with 
all points listed by BAL. Two duodecimo volumes in original brown 
cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and a decorative scene on both 
covers, in gilt on the front and blindstamped on the rear. [iii]-x, 
[13]-312; [i]-iv, [5]-322 pages. Illustrated with title page 
engravings and six plates. BAL 19343: Binding B; 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. Owner name of William S. Perry dated 1852 on both front 
endpapers. Both bindings with very little wear but cocked and showing 
evidence of old dampstaining in the form of some warping and slight 
discoloration, evident internally only on the titlepages, endpapers, 
and just a few of the text pages with most of the text being quite 
clean. Several signatures are pulled with one or two detached or 
nearly so. A Good, complete set without any restoration.  $3500

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