UNCLE TOM'S CABIN; OR, LIFE AMONG THE LOWLY [VOLUME 2 ONLY]

Author: Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Title: UNCLE TOM'S CABIN; OR, LIFE AMONG THE LOWLY [VOLUME 2 ONLY]
Publication: Boston and Cleveland: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852
Edition: Very Early Printing

Description: Hardcover. Original green cloth binding with gilt decoration. New spine with 3/4 of original spine with titles and decoration affixed. Front and rear cover gilt design is fairly bright, as is the gilt decorated border. Corners bumped, general light cover wear. All edges gilt. 322 pages plus 12 page publisher catalog. Title page vignette, three plates. General toning and some foxing to pages, text is bright. Binding is sound. Stated Eighty-Fifth Thousand, on title page. Good Plus.

The first print run of Uncle Tom's Cabin [March, 1852] totaled 5,000 copies of which 3,000 were sold on the first day and the rest were sold by the fourth day. An amazing 50,000 copies were sold in the first sixty days. This stated "Eighty-Fifth Thousand" edition probably came out around August or September of 1852.

Seller ID: 84801

Aardvark Rare Books

Eugene, OR

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