Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Stowe, Harriet Beecher; With Twenty-Seven Illustrations on Wood by George Cruikshank, Esq. Published by John Cassell, Ludgate Hill, London, 1852. First UK Edition to be illustrated by George Cruikshank. 12mo up to 7½” tall., 391pp., Frontispiece, Vignette Title, Preface to the American Edition; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Mrs. Stowe and her Family; Opinions of the Press; Results; rear advertisement page: “Elegant Presentation Volumes”. Half black leather over pebbled dark, aqua green, boards. Banded spine with gilt florets and title; top edge gilt. Contents have moderate toning; ghost mark to title page from facing portrait; a few small soil marks; six pages have light wave near top edge from small and very light stain. Binding is very tight; rubbing to board edges and along hinge line; 2cm split to leather at hinge near head of spine; light lean to spine. A rare, slightly smaller volume that was likely intended for ‘ladies;’ no other copies found. A charming early edition of this classic novel.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Illustrations on Wood by George Cruikshank
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