Click for full-size.
Uncle Tom's Cabin - or, Negro Life in America
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
$12.70$10.16
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: W Nicholson & Sons Ltd Book. Fair. Burgundy Cloth Boards. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Undated British edition of the novel, first published in 1852, which had a profound effect on slavery in the US. 368pp illustrated with black and white drawing to frontis. Gilt lettering and black border to spine and top board. Some bumping to spine and corners, hinges pulling and edges and margins age-toned with some marking, otherwise fair reading copy with no inscriptions..
Synopsis
In Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriett Beecher Stowe, the title character Uncle Tom is a long-suffering slave, loyal to both his faith and his master. Presented with an opportunity to escape, he instead chooses to remain in slavery to avoid embarrassing his master. After being sold to a slave trader, Tom suffers brutal treatment and is eventually beaten to death for his refusal to betray his friends — made to represent an ideal of true Christianity. Enormously popular (it was the best-selling novel of the 19th century) and influential, it’s publication in 1852 was instrumental in bringing visibility to the cruel reality of slavery. In more recent years, it has come under considerable criticism for its portrayal of meekness and subservience and the phrase “Uncle Tom” is sometimes used as an epithet for someone seen as overly subservient.
Read More: Identifying first editions of Uncle Tom's Cabin - or, Negro Life in America
Reviews
On Mar 31 2020, a reader said:
Excellent book to gain empathy and insight into the enslaved pathos, struggle and plight! This book presents well designed ideas to ennoble and elivate the human race as brothers, and sisters of a common God, and Father of us all.
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013757
- Title
- Uncle Tom's Cabin - or, Negro Life in America
- Author
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- W Nicholson & Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Collectable Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
Washburn Books is a small family business, based in Yorkshire. We offer a wide variety of hard-to-find and out-of-print books in our virtual store, as well as an offline search service. We take pride in our fast delivery of well packaged books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
This Book’s Categories
Browse rare books
Interested in rare and collectible books? Booksellers from around the world showcase some of their finest in Biblio’s rare book room.
Uncommonly Good Books Sold in 2019
Read about some of the most interesting books and ephemera that were sold through Biblio in 2019 and browse the gallery of highlights.
