Dred

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First edition, first state. Wright III 2391. Two volumes. Volume one: vi+329+6 pages of ads; volume two: 370 pages. Both volumes are are the first state of the first printing with the ascender of the "d" in line with the "r" in the line two on page 88; the "the Dicksons are fewer, and have"… Read more about this item

London: The Masterpiece Library, nd. Abridged version. Original Wraps. Good. Penny Popular Novels No. 54. 58, vi p. 18.5 cm. Paperback. Small chips and tears to edges. Owner's signature (Mrs. Andrew Porter) on front cover. Paper darkened. The Masterpiece Library offered two series of inexpensive reprints: Penny Novels and Penny Poets. This was part of a larger… Read more about this item

Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin". In Two Volumes. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company. 1856. First Edition, 75th Thousand. Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp is the second popular novel from American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was first published in two volumes by Phillips, Sampson and Company… Read more about this item

1856 Harriet Beecher Stowe 1ed DRED Dismal Swamp Nat Turner Slavery Abolition 2v Known mostly for her cultural defining work 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' Harriet Beecher Stowe presents "Dred," her second novel. Although it enjoyed better initial sales than her previous, and more famous, novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, it was ultimately less popular. Uncle Tom's Cabin drew criticism from abolitionists and African… Read more about this item

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Spine starting. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; volume 1 (only) 326 pages. Subjects; Slave insurrections — Fiction. Fugitive slaves — Fiction.… Read more about this item

New York: Phillips, Sampson and Company. 1856. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Both volumes Good in boards. Owner name on 2nd FEP of both volumes. Rubbing, chipping along panel edges. And spine crown/heel. Hinges cracked, weak. Light foxing throughout text. .

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Good. 2 vol. 8vo. [3], iv-vi, [1], 8-329, [1], [6] (pages of publisher's advertisements) [2]; [3], iv-v, [2], 6-370, [2] pp. Brown publisher's cloth with decorations in blind on the boards, gilt lettering on the spines. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. BAL 19389. The University of North Carolina,… Read more about this item

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned with some minor loss to the spine. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; volume 1 (only) 326 pages. Subjects; Slave insurrections —… Read more about this item

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First Edition, First State. Both volumes of this two volume set are in good+ to very good- condition in the publisher's original decorated, dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines and blind embossing to the boards (with the 20 embossed dots on each board). The cloth at… Read more about this item

Halifax: Ryburn Publishing, 1992. Cover and contents clean and crisp throughout. Appears unread. Slight grubbiness to base. Lower edge very slightly curled. 749 pages.. First Paperback. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4.5" x 7". Softback.

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. Sixtieth Thousand. Hardcover. Fair. Octavos. Two volumes: Volume I: [1], vi, 7-329 pages, 6 pages advertisements, [1]. Volume II: [1], vi, 5-370 pages, [1]. Original publishers dark brown cloth with blind stamp designs on the boards. Gilt stamped titles on the spines. Printed advertisements on the front and rear yellow end sheets.… Read more about this item

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First Edition. Blindstamped Cloth; Quarter Morocco Slipcase. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. vi, 7-329, [6], v, 370 pp. Stowe's follow-up to "Uncle Tom's Cabin", also dealing with slavery, with a more militant angle on the topic than its better known predecessor. Both volumes rebacked, with original spines preserved and quite… Read more about this item

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First Edition. First printings of both volumes. Two volumes in dark brown cloth, blindstamped with holly-like leaves in corns (BAL binding A), titled in gilt on spine; pale yellow endpapers; [i]vi [7]-329,[7]pp; [i]-[vi], [5]-370pp; 6pp publisher's catalogue at rear of vol. I. Straight and sound, cloth treated with protective varnish, losses to head-… Read more about this item

Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1856. 329 pages, plus ads, and 376 pages. Ads on end leaves. Possibly a married set, as Volume II is a little darker and does not have the printing stated. Blind stamped brown cloth with gilt stamped lettering on spine. Spine ends show a little chipping, more so at crowns. Light wear at corners. Both… Read more about this item

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, Two volumes (vi, 329 pages ; v, 370 pages). In Fair condition. Spines are grey with gold print. Boards in grey cloth, blind stamp design. Wear to spine caps and corners, cocked spines, light shelf wear. Text blocks have name in ink and damp stain on front endpaper, first… Read more about this item

London, 'Review of Reviews' nd ( c 1890's?);. Soft cover. Penny Popular Novels. No. 54. The Masterpiece Library . Abridged. Edited by W. T. Stead. Price One Penny. 58pp with 4pp period adverts including Pears Soap, Hovis Bread & Van Houten's Cocoa. Very good condition with pages yellowing and wear to cover edges. Enjoy an early original 19th… Read more about this item

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. Volume I contains 329 pages followed by six pages of ads. Volume II contains 370 pages (including the appendix) followed by one blank leaf. Hardcovers. Gilt text on the spines, as well as to top and bottom text block edges. Previous owner's bookplate to front endpapers in both volumes.… Read more about this item

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Small 8vo. Black heavily blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering. vi, 329pp, (4pp ads); v, 370pp. Good plus. Head and foot of spines chipped, else tight and internally very good; ownership signature on Volume I copyright page and Volume II front pastedown. First edition, later state, with unprinted yellow… Read more about this item

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, Volume one only (vi, 329 pages). In Fair minus condition. Spine is grey with gold print. Boards in grey cloth, blind stamp design. Tattering to spine caps and corners, cocked spine, tears to rear hinge, shelf wear. Text block has name in pencil on front endpaper, endpapers brittle, cracked… Read more about this item

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, Two volumes (vi, 329 pages ; v, 370 pages). In Fair condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth with blind stamped design. Tattered spine caps, light wear to corners, cocked spines. Text blocks have bookplate on front pastedown, tanning to endpapers, intermittent spine breaks, occasional… Read more about this item