THE KEY TO UNCLE TOM'S CABIN:; presenting the original facts and documents upon which the story is founded. Together with corroborative statements verifying the truth of the work
first edition
1853 · Boston
by STOWE, Harriet Beecher
Boston: John P. Jewett & Company. Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, 1853. First Edition. Tall 8vo, pp. 262 + adv. Bound in black cloth, rubbed at the tips, worn at the bottom of the spine, torn at the top with little loss along the hinge. Lacks part of the front blank endpaper. BAL 19359. (first issue with Hobart and Robbins imprint on copyright page) Hildreth p. 75. Sabin 92412. Stowe's famous response to the criticism of her ground breaking book against slavery. (Inventory #: 55780)