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Uncle Tom's Cabin; Or, the History of a Christian Slave. By Harriet Beecher Stowe. With an Introduction By Elihu Burritt. Illustrated By Sixteen Engravings By Johnston, From Original Designs By Anelay. [Verbatim From the American Edition.]
by Beecher Stowe, Harriet
- Used
- Condition
- Binding rubbed at extremities, bumped at corners. Spine worn at head and tail. A light water stain to the gutter, affects the fi
- Seller
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Budapest, Hungary
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About This Item
London: Partridge and Oakey, Paternoster Row, and 70, Edgware Road. Saunders & Otley, Conduit Street, 1852. In publishers green cloth. Front panel and spine with gilt illustrations and title, rear panel blind-tooled. Edges gilt. Binding rubbed at extremities, bumped at corners. Spine worn at head and tail. A light water stain to the gutter, affects the first three leaves. A few gatherings somewhat loose, discolored. Few pages dogeared. The protective paper of one plate is partly missing. Overall in very good condition.. In publishers green cloth. Front panel and spine with gilt illustrations and title, rear panel blind-tooled. Edges gilt. xiv, (2), 524, (4) p., and 16 illustrated plates (frontispiece and title page included), protected with tracing paper. An attractive English illustrated edition of Stowe's classic, published the same year as the American first edition.
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.
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.
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- Bookseller
- Foldvaribooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1684
- Title
- Uncle Tom's Cabin; Or, the History of a Christian Slave. By Harriet Beecher Stowe. With an Introduction By Elihu Burritt. Illustrated By Sixteen Engravings By Johnston, From Original Designs By Anelay. [Verbatim From the American Edition.]
- Author
- Beecher Stowe, Harriet
- Format/Binding
- In publishers green cloth. Front panel and spine with gilt illustrations and title, rear panel blind-tooled. Edges gilt
- Book Condition
- Used - Binding rubbed at extremities, bumped at corners. Spine worn at head and tail. A light water stain to the gutter, affects the fi
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Partridge and Oakey, Paternoster Row, and 70, Edgware Road. Saunders & Otley, Conduit Street
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1852
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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As members of The Hungarian Antiquarian Bookseller's Association (MAE) we are also members ILAB-LILA(International League of Antiquarian Booksellers) and hence obliged to follow their Code of Ethic .
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Földvári Books was founded in 2007 in Budapest and based in Budapest, Hungary.
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