Uncle Tom's Cabin
c1875, with eight colour plates
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Printing Details
Undated, c1875. Small hardback, bound in decorative cloth. 13.5 × 10cm, 316pp, with eight full-page colour plates.
Viewed by many as fuelling the abolitionist movement of the 1850s and laying the groundwork for the Civil War, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s sentimental and moral tale of slaves attempting to secure their freedom was one of the most popular books of the nineteenth century. Centred round the long-suffering Uncle Tom, a devout Christian slave who endures cruelty and abuse from his owners, Tom is often celebrated as the first black hero in American fiction who refuses to obey his white masters. With other strong protagonists such as Eliza, a courageous slave who flees to the North with her son when she learns that he is to be sold, Beecher Stowe highlighted the plight of southern slaves and the breaking up of black families.
Condition
Good. There is some light rubbing to the corners and a few patches of mottling to the boards. The book lacks the ffep as the frontispiece has been pasted down so that's where the book opens, with some light rippling to the frontis. However, it remains an attractive copy and the colour plates are impressive.
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Price
£30.00
