first edition
1853 · Boston
by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Boston: John P. Jewett & Co., 1853. First Edition. First printing Very good in its original, blind stamped black cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with light yellow end sheets. (BAL binding = C.) A small quarto measuring 9 5/8 by 6 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine rubbed and worn and the cloth over the tips of the boards is worn through, Both front and rear joints have splits to the cloth, but are holding. The hinges are sound and tight. The contents are extremely clean and tight with no foxing or tanning. Without a dust jacket (if ever one was issued with one). 262 pages of text including an index followed by two pages of ads by the publisher. A second issue of the first US edition with the printers' imprint of Hobart & Robbins and Damrell & Moore on the copyright page. (BAL, 19359; Sabin, 92412)
(Inventory #: TB33175)