STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN; OR LIFE AMONG THE LOWLY. BOSTON: JOHN P. JEWETT; CLEVELAND: JEWETT, PROCTOR & WORTHINGTON, 1852. 2 VOLS., 8VO, ORIGINAL RED CLOTH GIFT BINDING WITH EXTRA GILT DECORATION ON COVERS AND GILT EDGES, cream endpapers, spines a little cocked, wear at ends of spine and most fore-corners; cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, BAL's Binding C (extra gilt binding), 6 engraved plates, title-page vignettes. BAL 19343; Grolier English 183; Grolier American 61; PMM 332. IN THE RARE RED BINDING (BAL recording only copies in black and blue cloth in this gift, extra gilt binding, and copies in black, purple and blue cloth in the ordinary binding). Provenance: "P.M. Howard, Cambridge Post, Mass., 1852," very faint (virtually eradicated) pencilled inscription on front free endpaper of vol. 1 -- Leigh B. Block, bookplate in each volume. (2)
STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN; OR LIFE AMONG THE LOWLY. BOSTON: JOHN P. JEWETT; CLEVELAND: JEWETT, PROCTOR & WORTHINGTON, 1852. 2 VOLS., 8VO, ORIGINAL RED CLOTH GIFT BINDING WITH EXTRA GILT DECORATION ON COVERS AND GILT EDGES, cream endpapers, spines a little cocked, wear at ends of spine and most fore-corners; cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, BAL's Binding C (extra gilt binding), 6 engraved plates, title-page vignettes. BAL 19343; Grolier English 183; Grolier American 61; PMM 332. IN THE RARE RED BINDING (BAL recording only copies in black and blue cloth in this gift, extra gilt binding, and copies in black, purple and blue cloth in the ordinary binding). Provenance: "P.M. Howard, Cambridge Post, Mass., 1852," very faint (virtually eradicated) pencilled inscription on front free endpaper of vol. 1 -- Leigh B. Block, bookplate in each volume. (2)
Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!
Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.
Create an alert
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
