[Rarebooks] fs: 1st ed Uncle Tom's Cabin, Stowe autograph

[Back Creek Books ABAA/ILAB]

Greetings Pandemonauts,

We are pleased to offer the first edition of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, in custom slipcase, with autograph material from Stowe and vintage description from Harry F. Marks, Bookseller laid in: 
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896).
Uncle Tom's Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly (Signed notice laid in).
Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852. First Edition. Original cloth. Octavos. Near Fine. Some fading and light wear to the original cloth bindings. Faint contemporaneous inscriptions on endpapers of both volumes. The two volumes are housed in a custom slipcase. BAL #19343 binding "B" (priority not established).

A lovely copy of one of the most influential books on 19th century America. Mrs. Stowe's book and its widespread readership in the North solidified abolition sentiment and hastened the oncoming Civil War.

This first edition has a scarce prospectus of the writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe laid in, which she has inscribed and signed "From Harriet Beecher Stowe." The prospectus is in the original mailing envelope, also addressed in Mrs. Stowe's hand, and postmarked Hartford, Connecticut.

Also laid in is an early 20th century description of this item by bookseller Harry F. Marks, along with an unused book tag for Marks's shop at Rockefeller Center. 

$10,000

Photos, etc.:
https://www.backcreekbooks.com/pages/books/11519/harriet-beecher-stowe/
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Best wishes,

Rock
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Rockford E. Toews
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