2 volumes. [iii]-x, [13]-312 pp.; [i]-iv, [5]-322, [2] blank pp. Three wood-engraved plates in each volume, title page vignettes. (8vo), 18.5x11.5 cm. (7¼x4½"), three-quarter black leather with purple cloth, spine ruled and titled in gilt. First Edition, First Printing. In addition to being one of the most influential books ever written, Uncle Tom's Cabin was also one of the most popular; as Sabin notes, "During [1852] there were numerous reissues from the plates of the first edition, also in two volumes, with the addition of the words 'Tenth' to 'One Hundred and Twentieth Thousand." BAL 19343.
2 volumes. [iii]-x, [13]-312 pp.; [i]-iv, [5]-322, [2] blank pp. Three wood-engraved plates in each volume, title page vignettes. (8vo), 18.5x11.5 cm. (7¼x4½"), three-quarter black leather with purple cloth, spine ruled and titled in gilt. First Edition, First Printing. In addition to being one of the most influential books ever written, Uncle Tom's Cabin was also one of the most popular; as Sabin notes, "During [1852] there were numerous reissues from the plates of the first edition, also in two volumes, with the addition of the words 'Tenth' to 'One Hundred and Twentieth Thousand." BAL 19343.
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