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Uncle Tom's cabin: a tale of life among the lowly
by STOWE, Harriet Beecher
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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About This Item
1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin 1st ed Beecher Stowe Slavery Slave Abolition Civil War 2v
"A moral battle cry for freedom!"
– Langston Hughes on Uncle Tom's Cabin.
No other work of literature helped lay the groundwork for the American Civil War quite like Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.' In turn, many historians have 'credited' this novel with being the contributing factor to the Civil War. This incredible story portrays slave families being torn apart through being sold and resold by slave masters. This story had a polarizing reaction. Over 300,000 of the first edition had to be printed, but remarkably was banned in most of the American South! Even still, it was the most-popular and highest-selling book in the 19th-century and is on the Grolier American 100!
According to 'Printing and the Mind of Man',
"the impact of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' on the United States was great than that of any book before or since".
Item number: #24613
Price: $795
STOWE, Harriet Beecher
Uncle Tom's cabin: a tale of life among the lowly
Boston: Ohio: John P. Jewett, Jewett, Proctor & Worthington 1852. First edition, 95th & 150th thousand.
Details:
· Collation: 2 volumes
o Vol. I – X, [13]-312
o Vol. II – IV, 5-322, [12]
o 8 illustrations throughout
2 title page vignettes
6 full-page illustrations
· References: BAL 19343; Grolier American 100, 61; Sabin 92457; Wright 2401; PMM 332
· Provenance: Handwritten – Carrie T. Hardwick
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Brown cloth
· Size: ~7.75in X 5.25in (19.5cm x 13cm)
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Synopsis
In Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriett Beecher Stowe, the title character Uncle Tom is a long-suffering slave, loyal to both his faith and his master. Presented with an opportunity to escape, he instead chooses to remain in slavery to avoid embarrassing his master. After being sold to a slave trader, Tom suffers brutal treatment and is eventually beaten to death for his refusal to betray his friends — made to represent an ideal of true Christianity. Enormously popular (it was the best-selling novel of the 19th century) and influential, it’s publication in 1852 was instrumental in bringing visibility to the cruel reality of slavery. In more recent years, it has come under considerable criticism for its portrayal of meekness and subservience and the phrase “Uncle Tom” is sometimes used as an epithet for someone seen as overly subservient.
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Reviews
On Mar 31 2020, a reader said:
Excellent book to gain empathy and insight into the enslaved pathos, struggle and plight! This book presents well designed ideas to ennoble and elivate the human race as brothers, and sisters of a common God, and Father of us all.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24613
- Title
- Uncle Tom's cabin: a tale of life among the lowly
- Author
- STOWE, Harriet Beecher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John P. Jewett, Jewett, Proctor & Worthington
- Place of Publication
- Boston: Ohio
- Date Published
- 1852
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1852 Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1st ed Beecher Stowe Slavery Slave Abolition Civil War 2v, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquaria
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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