Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Or, Negro Life In The Slave States Of America. Stowe, Harriet Beecher

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Or, Negro Life In The Slave States Of America. Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Routledge & Co. & Clarke & Co. London, 1852. Third Edition. Author’s Edition. Illustrated Edition. 8vo up to 9½” tall., 380pp., Preface, Notice of Author’s Edition; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; 40 wood engravings. According to the Notice, this edition was printed in a run of 7000 copies. Blue cloth boards with decorative ruled borders front and back; elaborate gilt illustrations and titles to front and spine; all edges gilt; bevelled corners; pale yellow endpapers. Inscription to versos of illustrated title page and otherwise contents are in fine condition: unmarked and without tears or folds. Boards have rubbing to corners, tail and head of spine; small area along rear hinge where cloth is separated; gilt remains bright; binding remains tight. Phrase above gilt illustration front board: “Scenes Daily And Hourly Acting Under The Shadow Of American Law”. A beautifully bound early edition of this classic novel.

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