[Rarebooks] FS: UNCLE TOM'S CABIN in the uncommon Gift Binding, 1852

[Charles Agvent]

STOWE,  Harriet  Beecher. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN; OR,  LIFE  AMONG  THE
LOWLY.  Boston: John P. Jewett & Co. 1852. 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?"  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  any  other  book except the Bible.  This  printing  was
likely  a month or so after the initial printing. Small address  label
on  front  endpaper of 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.                             $2000.00


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