[Rarebooks] FS: UNCLE TOM'S CABIN with a SIGNED Manuscript Quote from the Book
Charles Agvent
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Mon Nov 29 15:44:33 EST 2021
STOWE, Harriet Beecher. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN; OR, LIFE AMONG THE LOWLY.
Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895. New Edition.
Reprint of the New Edition, first issued in 1879 with a new introduction
by Stowe. Bound in 3/4 green morocco leather and marbled boards with
matching endpapers; gilt rules and a gilt monogram of Charles Edward
Ballard, hotelier and circus owner, on the upper panel of the front
cover; gilt-decorated and lettered spine with five raised bands; top
edge gilt; xlii, 500 pages. Illustrated with 8 plates. INSCRIBED and
SIGNED by the author on an inserted leaf with a quote from the work in
the author's hand: "Not one throb of anguish,/Not one tear of the
oppressed/Is forgotten by the Man of Sorrows/The Lord of Glory. In
his/patient generous bosom he bears/the anguish of the World./Uncle
Tom's Cabin/Chap 12 pg 146/Harriet Beecher Stowe/Septr 6th 1895."
Exceptionally rare to find a quote in Stowe's hand from the book, let
alone such a fine example. Text toned otherwise about Fine. (#020745)
$12,500
https://www.charlesagvent.com/pages/books/020745/harriet-beecher-stowe/uncle-toms-cabin-or-life-among-the-lowly
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