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Uncle Tom's Cabin: or, Life among the Lowly
by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Petaluma, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Limited Edition Club, 1938. Limited ed. 1/2 leather. Near Fine. Migeul Covarrubias. 4to, 10 1/2 x 7 1/2". [xv], 294 pgs plus colophon. Half-bound in brown leather with marbled paper boards. All page edges marbled. In original slipcase. #245 of 1500 copies. 16 lithographs in B&W by Miguel Covarrubias and signed by him in the colophon. Near fine with some mottling of the brown leather spine. Interior very clean. The slipcase is VG with some clear tape reinforcements to the edge and light waterstaining at the top. The important classic book about slavery illustrated with powerful lithographs by Covarrubias the Mexican born artist who became associated with the Harlem Rennaisance.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Carl Blomgren Fine books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1915
- Title
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Author
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Illustrator
- Migeul Covarrubias
- Format/Binding
- 1/2 leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited ed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Limited Edition Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- abaa-vbf, Limited edition Club, lithographs, slavery, fiction
Terms of Sale
Carl Blomgren Fine books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Carl Blomgren Fine books
Biblio member since 2020
Petaluma, California
About Carl Blomgren Fine books
Fine books with an emphasis on the arts and design including photography, posters, prints and ephemera.Member of ABAA and ILAB
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Fine
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- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- 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....
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