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Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin. John Cassell, 1852.
Price: US$51.24 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 1st UK Edition, well worn and in poor condition, wear to covers and spine, corners bumped and worn, boards showing, top and bottom of spine bumped and worn, surface of covers and spine grubby and worn, internally in reasonable / poor condition, pages crisp and clear but some wear to edges and corners, some stains and marks on edges, including a few water marks, some rips and nicks, all plates present (27) but most loose / detached from spine, edges creased and worn, some stains and marks on edges, front hinge cracked, only held in a couple of places, rear end papers grubby and rear paste down away from cover board. 391pp
Seller: Neo Books, Sidcup, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$128.27 + shipping
Description: , xxiii, [1] 391, [1] pages, 27 woodcuts by Cruikshank First UK Edition , front board detached, spine missing, rear board loosely held, embossed library stamp to front free endpaper, damp marks to title and frontispiece, light foxing, poor condition , half calf and marbled boards , octavo, 20cm x 14 cm Hardback ISBN:
Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover. Leather spine and corners, but spinestrip now missing, revealing brown paper backing. Marble paper over boards. Some scuffing at the edges. Both boards firmly attached. Text block clean and binding tight. 291 pages and a single page of ads. Pages a little toned from age, but not aggressively so. Bookplate on the inside front cover with the name M. Thomas. First Cruikshank edition. Uncle Tom was first published in the US in 1852 and arrived in the UK almost immediately. In fact, the British readers accounted for more than 75% of the audience
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin. John Cassell, London, 1852.
Price: US$192.40 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good minus - fair. 1 page of publisher's ads to rear. Extremities scuffed and bumped, hinges cracked, owner details to front endpaper, closed edges and prelims grubby, some fingerprints and rubbing throughout, some damage and tearing to pp 103-106 and tears to a couple of page edges. All plates present, text generally clean and bright. Size: 12mo
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Price: US$224.37 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. xxiii, [1], 391, [1] pp. + 28 unpaginated wood print illustrations. Octavo. Hardcover. Original marbled paper covered boards, spine and corners morocco leather covered, gilt letters on the spine, seven gilt rulings on the spine. All edges trimmed, minor shelf wear and slight rubbing on the boards. Original endpapers, owner's name in ink on the front pastedown as "Mary Auery". Gift inscription on top of the title page reads as "Esther Bates from her friend with love 1882 Mary Auery". Complete with 27 wood print illustrations and one frontispiece. Faint signs of tidemark to a few leaves. Binding professionally tightened, internally clean and unmarked. Occasional spotting. Very good condition. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is an influential anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. In the 19th century United States, it became the best-selling novel and the second best-selling book overall, trailing only the Bible. The novel's impact extended beyond literature, contributing significantly to the anti-slavery movement. This book has been illustrated by George Cruikshank, a celebrated British caricaturist and book illustrator known as the "modern Hogarth" during his lifetime.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin. John Cassell, London, 1852.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. Engraved portrait frontispiece, title-page vignette, and 27 wood-engraved plates by George Cruikshank. xxiii, [1], 391, [1, adhered to rfep] pp. Contemporary half maroon morocco and marbled boards; rubbed, repair to front joint, textblock creased and soiled with edgewear and a few tears, gutter cracked at title-page and final few leaves; a good plus copy An early English edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin and the first with illustrations by Cruikshank. This edition was first issued in 13 parts beginning in October 1852; BAL identifies an earlier English edition, without illustrations, published July 1852.REFERENCE: BAL 19518 (note); Cohn 777; PMM 332 (first edition); Sabin 92470
Seller: Bull's Head Rare Books, ABAA, ILAB, Lebanon, NJ, U.S.A.
STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's cabin.. John Cassell., London., 1852.
Price: US$268.08 + shipping
Description: Illus by George Cruikshank. Early reprint, in contemporary drab brown cloth. Lacks front free end paper; pp127/128 has been trimmed by 1cm at foot & 0.5cm at foreedge, with 3 yellowed tape repairs to tears; tape repair on p.87. Wear to cloth at head & foot of spine. All 27 illustrations on wood by Cruikshank present Used - Good. Good hardback in contemporary cloth
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Price: US$307.70 + shipping
Description: Frontispiz, XXIII, 391 Seiten, 8°, späterer Halblederband im Stil der Zeit mit Rückenschildchen und marmorierten Deckelbezügen (gutes, auch innen fleckenfreies Exemplar). - Erste von Cruishank illustrierte Buchausgabe, erschienen im Jahr der amerikanischen Erstausgabe. Uncle Tom's Cabin" ist einer der wichtigsten in der amerikanischen Geschichte veröffentlichten Romane, ein monumentales Werk gegen die Sklaverei, das einen tiefgreifenden Einfluss auf die Einstellung gegenüber Afroamerikanern hatte und angeblich dazu beigetragen hat, den Grundstein für den Amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg zu legen. - (SW: Onkel Toms Hütte)
Seller: Versandantiquariat Wolfgang Petry, Hannover, Germany
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. John Cassell, London, 1852.
Price: US$318.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First British Cruickshank illustrated version. pp xxiii 391, b/w frontispiece, twenty-seven b/w illustrations by Cruickshank. This copy has been carefully rebound with paper covered boards and matching endpapers, the leather spine appears earlier. The binding is very good with just a little wear to the spine surface. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy of this rare edition with numerous illustrations. Size: 8vo
Seller: LOE BOOKS, Launceston, United Kingdom
Price: US$373.95 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: Back Lane Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin. John Cassell, London, 1852.
Price: US$448.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The publication history of this book is confusing but it seems to have been first published in the UK by Partridge and Oakey in 1852 with several other editions including this one being published later in the same year. Bound in leather with marbled boards. Rubbing to the edges with a little fraying at the top of the spine and to the corners. The gilt title on the spine is nice and bright. Endpapers browned with three small patches of what looks like label residue to the front pastedown and another small patch to the rear pastedown. The pages are browned with the occasional light spot but are generally clean and unmarked. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Toms Cabin. John Cassell, London, 1852.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Uncle Toms Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. First British edition with 27 Illustrations on wood by George Cruikshank. Publisher: John Cassell, London, 1852. Bound in ¾ leather with marbled paper (re-cased binding). Binding is in very good condition, marbled paper heavily rubbed else a nice tight binding. Contents clean, but a few spots of foxing. Light image transfer from the frontispiece to the title-page of the illustration of Stowe. iv-xxiii, [2], 1-391 pages plus one page of ads on the verso of the last page. 5 ¼ x 7 5/8 inches. BAL 19518. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #C-074. Price: $500. Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin. John Cassell, 1852.
Price: US$577.20 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: pp XXIII, 391. 1st printing. Half bound in original calf, rebacked using original spines. Cloth boards, end papers spotted. With twenty-seven illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Toms Cabin. John Cassell, 1852.
Price: US$641.34 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First British edition. Front matter comprises Preface to the American Edition [also first published 1852]; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Mrs Stowe and her Family; Opinions of the Press; Results. One page of adverts at rear. Contemporary binding. 1/2 leather over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine. Illustrated by George Cruikshank with 27 engravings on wood, including frontispiece portrait of Stowe. Pictorial vignette to the title page. Edges and surfaces worn. Small losses to leather along hinges. Boards a little fragile along spine hinges but other than this binding firm and tight. Minor stains and smudges throughout, but generally bright and clean. A couple of small closed edge tears, 1 inch tear to final page at top edge of spine. Not affecting text or pictures. Inscription in pencil to ffep, dated 1856. Size: 8 x 5 inches / 20 x 13 cm. xxiii 391 pages. Weight 520g.
Seller: Paperworks, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Toms Cabin. Milner and Sowerby, Halifax, UK, 1852.
Price: US$795.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Toms Cabin. Halifax, UK: Milner and Sowerby, 1852. Rare 1852 pirated edition of of this famous anti-slavery novel. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN or Negro Life in the Slaves States of America [Complete Edition]. 12mo., 326 pp (17cm x 10.5cm). Half black calf, gilt lettered & decorated spine. An attractive example of this obscure issue showing minimal use. "Beside the authorized edition published by Thomas Bosworth more than twenty pirated London editions appeared in 1852. In the emotion-charged atmosphere of mid-nineteenth century America Uncle Toms Cabin exploded like a bombshell. the social impact. on the United States was greater than that of any book before or since". Printing and the Mind of Man 332 - Uncle Tom's Cabin was first published as a 40-week serial in National Era, an abolitionist periodical, starting with the June 5, 1851 issue. Because of the story's popularity, publisher John Jewett contacted Stowe about turning the serial into a book. While Stowe questioned if anyone would read Uncle Tom's Cabin in book form, she eventually consented to the request. Published by Jewett, Boston, March 20, 1852, the novel soon sold out its complete print run. A number of other editions were soon printed. The book eventually became the best-selling novel in the world during the 19th century (and the second best-selling book after the Bible), with the book being translated into every major language. The book sold equally well in England, with the first London edition appearing in May, 1852. It is now generally accepted that the C.H. Clarke edition was the first U.K. edition in book form, although Cassell's serial issue in thirteen parts was true first appearance. Bodsworth published an early edition in July/August of 1852 & regional publishers like Milner followed suit, this particular issue, often missing from completist collection. "The social impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the United States was greater than that of any book before or since" (PMM 332).
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition with the Cruikshank illustrations, Second Issue. 5 x 7.75in. xxiii. 391pp. [3pp., ads]. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth boards with gilt titling. 27 engravings on wood. VERY GOOD. Shows shelf rubbing of the extremities with slight loss, the slightest possible hints of oxidative stress at occasional parts of the text, some plates without tissue guards, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured.
Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First British edition, first printing with title page dated 1852, crown 8vo (7.5 in x 5 in), pp. xxiii, (xxiv), (1), 2-391, (1) adv, 27 wood engraved plates in the List of Illustrations of which 24 are present (lacks the frontispiece and the plates at pp. 22 and 95), the plate listed at p. 161 is located at p. 209. Original gilt lettered and blind decorated light green cloth, all edges gilt. Near fine with light natural wear, bumped corners, some dulling to the back gilt lettering, sheets and plates remarkably clean and unmarked. Lacks the frontispiece and two wood engraved plates. H10429 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin. By Harriet Beecher Stowe. , 1852.
Price: US$2200.00 + shipping
Description: STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin. By Harriet Beecher Stowe. With Twenty-Seven Illustrations on Wood by George Cruikshank, Esq. London: John Cassell, 1852. In later calf, a. e. g. BAL 19518 (ref). Grolier 100, 61. Though frequently described as the first English edition, this is an early English edition, preceded by a Clarke & Co. imprint of 1852. This is an attractively bound copy with only light wear to the hinges. Previous owner name has been stamped in gilt on the bottom quarter of the front board. Contents are largely clean and all plates are present as called for, though one with discreet and sensitive repair to the back. A lovely copy of this early English edition. It is difficult to overstate the importance of Stowe's novel, at the time of its publication. The authors of Printing and the Mind of Man describes it thus, "In the emotion-charged atmosphere of mid-nineteenth-century America Uncle Tom's Cabin exploded like a bombshell. To those engaged in fighting slavery it appeared as an indictment of all the evils inherent in the system they opposed; to the pro-slavery forces it was a slanderous attack on `the Southern way of life.'. [T]he social impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the United States was great than any book before or since" PMM 332.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$8016.71 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Harriet Beecher Stowe (1852) Uncle Toms Cabin, UK true first edition, published by John Cassell in the original 13 weekly installments. Beautifully presented in a quarter leather bound protective box with the book details embossed on the spine. All 13 parts (201 x 131 mm). Title with woodcut vignette, woodcut frontispiece, 27 woodcut plates by George Cruikshank as called for. Original price of Twopence printed on the front covers. Condition: in nice condition considering the 170 years since publication. A little handling wear and creases. Internally clean. No restorations whatsoever. Back in the 19th century books (e.g. Alexandre Dumas, Charles Dickens etc.) were often published in monthly or weekly installments such as in the case of Beecher Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin. This way the author and publisher would charge the reader more money whilst the reader did not to have to spend a rather huge amount for a properly bound book in one go. The other advantage of this publication format was to keep the reader interested in the story. Once the installments were finished, readers had the option to get them bound into a book. Therefore, few specimen survive in their original publication format. We can trace very few surviving examples which have gone for sale in the past 20 years. Uncle Toms Cabin is a landmark novel and one of the most influential of American literature back in its time and to date. The novel spread the plight of slavery in America and abroad, and paved the way to the Civil Rights Movement and eventual Civil War. First and Fine
Seller: First and Fine, Birmingham, United Kingdom