Uncle Tom's cabin

Author:

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.

Title:

Uncle Tom's cabin / by Harriet Beecher Stowe ; with twenty-seven illustrations on wood by George Cruikshank ...

Format:

Book

Published:

London : John Cassell, 1852.

Language:

English

Description:

13 pts. (xxiii, [1], 391, [1] p., 28 leaves of plates) : ill., port. ; 21 cm.

Other contributors:

Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.

Notes:

Title-page and other front matter issued in part 13. Part 1 issued in 2 different wrappers, (copy 1) uniform with other parts, (copy 2) plainer and without prospectus statement. The plates include 27 Cruikshank ill., and the port of the author (Reid 4280). Sheets for pt. 13, pi₋p8₋s Cc₋p8₋s, apparently misimposed, though correctable by cutting and folding. Library copies folded differently. Plates not inserted in Reid no. order, cf. G.W. Reid, George Cruikshank, nos. 4280-4308 (1-29). Library copy 1 lacks plate Reid no. 7, copy 2 lacks plate Reid no. 29. For further information see bibliographical file. Copy 2 from the library of Kenyon Starling. In original buff printed wrappers (originally yellow, cf. Cohn) most parts side-sewn, some chipping or repaired, esp. copy 2 part 1; copy 2 in a black morocco pull-off case.

References:

Cohn, A. George Cruikshank, 777.