Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First Edition. First printings of both volumes. Two volumes in dark brown cloth, blindstamped with holly-like leaves in corns (BAL binding A), titled in gilt on spine; pale yellow endpapers; [i]vi [7]-329,[7]pp; [i]-[vi], [5]-370pp; 6pp publisher's catalogue at rear of vol. I. Straight and sound, cloth treated with protective varnish, losses to head- and tailcaps, corners bumped, occasional foxing: Very Good.

Stowe's second antislavery novel, written in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, with a main character based on Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner. Preceded by the English edition. BAL 19389. (truncated) (Inventory #: 58894)