Uncle Toms Cabin First Edition

Inside the cover of this old time favorite stowe easily takes readers inside the minds the slaves the slave owners and those with abolitionist like minds.

Uncle toms cabin first edition. When abraham lincoln first met harriet beecher stowe in 1862 he said so this is the little lady who is responsible for this big war. Description uncle tom s cabin by harriet beecher stowe a first edition later printing of this historical work. Complete with six plates three illustrated plates in volume i and three plates in volume ii.

Because uncle tom s cabin so polarized the abolitionist and anti abolitionist debate some claim it to be one of the causes of the civil war. Harriet beecher stowe s uncle tom s cabin is a book worth reading. Today true first editions are scarce selling for big bucks.

Uncle tom s cabin vol. First edition identification and notes. Octavo two volumes v x 13 312pp.

Uncle tom s cabin was originally published serially over 40 weeks in the abolitionist journal the national era beginning june 5 1851. A first edition 1852 in good condition can command 15 000. Uncle toms cabin by harriet beecher stowe first edition abebooks.

It was published by john p. He told me that old editions of uncle tom s cabin by harriet beecher stowe are fairly common it was one of the most popular and highly printed books of the 19th century.