Uncle Tom's cabin or The history of a christian slave

Features

Author:  Harriet Beecher Stowe

Publisher:  Partridge and Oakey

Place of printing:  London

Year of publication:  1852

Product Condition:
Copy in fair condition. Binding in poor condition, in all cloth with titles, rich decorations and illustrations in gold on the spine and front cover; blind decorations on the back cover. The decorations and titles are rather faded; the binding is loose, with dust spots, abrasions, creased caps and cuts to the hinges; note an ink stain affecting the lower portion of the back cover. Last flyleaf partly detached. Tiny bookshop label on the back cover bearing the inscription: "Bound by Westleys & Co. Friar street, London". Gilded edges with dust spots. Collational formula: A-Z⁸, 2A-2L⁸ (last blank leaf missing). Papers in fair condition, with occasional foxing. Note an ink stain on the lower edge of fascicles 2I, 2K and 2L. Black and white illustrations with foxing and humidity stains, protected by sheets of tissue paper, some of which are in poor condition. Double frontispiece present. English text. English text.

Pages:  (2),XIV,(2),524

Format:  In eighth

Dimensions (cm):
Height:  21
Width:  13

Description

One of the first English pirate editions of the great and unexpected bestseller (300,000 copies in less than a year) Uncle Tom's Cabin published the same year as the first American edition. The novel was initially published in weekly installments in the magazine The National Era from June 5, 1851 to April 1, 1852, with the original subtitle "The Man That Was a Thing", soon changed to "Life Among the Lowly". The first edition in book form appeared on March 20, 1852 by the publisher John P. Jewett with an initial print run of 5,000 copies. The enormous success of the novel immediately triggered the release of numerous pirate editions. Our copy was published by Partridge & Oakey in 1852 with an edition illustrated with 16 engraved plates by Johnston, an introduction by the philanthropist and pacifist Elihu Burritt and the indication on the title page "Verbatim from the American edition". The beautiful illustrated editorial binding has been preserved, although worn by time.

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