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Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Tale of Life among the Lowly--with over 100 illustrations from Original Drawinsg by Celebrated Artists
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia and Chicago: International Publishing Company, 1897. Hardcover. Fair. Scarce. Quarto hardcover in tan cloth lettered and decorated in red, green and black. Light green and white patterned endpapers. Frontis portarit of Stowe. John C. Winston imprint on copyright page an date of 1897. Title page printed in red and black. xiv (Introduction and Life of the Author, contents, list of illustrations) + 680 pp. Over 100 full page plates and other drawings in the text, many by Galliard. Fair only (we've not seen a copy much better), wera to the psine edges and ends, rubbing to the cover illustration, tips rounded. Occasional fingering in the text. Though not stated as such, this is a memorial edition, released shortly after Mrs. Stowe's July 1896 death. SOLD AS IS.
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.
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
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E23712
- Title
- Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Tale of Life among the Lowly--with over 100 illustrations from Original Drawinsg by Celebrated Artists
- Author
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- International Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia and Chicago
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- slavery, uncle tom, abolition, abolitionists, civil war, slaves, south
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Fair
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