Harriet Beecher Stowe — Uncle Tom&Apos;S Cabin
London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1901. Cloth. A very smart copy of this important anti-slavery novel from American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. A new edition of this work, included with an introduction and a bibliography.Uncle Tom's Cabin had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S. upon its publication in 1852. The author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, became highly influential in her public stance of social issues across the United States and Great Britain as a result. The novel focuses on Uncle Tom, an enslaved person depicted as saintly and noble in his beliefs.With a series of woodcut illustrations by George Housman Thomas.In the publisher's original illustrative cloth binding. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities and light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers. Spotting to the fore edge which affects the occasional page. Very Good . Ill.: George H. Thomas. Very Good .