Sought-after first edition book: Uncle Tom's Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly, in two volumes. First edition, first printing (with “spilt” rather than “spiled” in Volume I, page 42, line 1; and “cathecism” rather than “catechism” in Volume II, page 74, line 5). Boston and Cleveland: John P. Jewett and Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, 1852. Hardcovers bound in original brown cloth with gilt titles, 5 x 7.75, 322 and 312 pages. Complete with all six illustrated plates. Book condition: G/None, with significant edgewear, rubbing, soiling, bumped corners, and some foxing to textblocks; the textblock of the second volume is affected by some red staining, and an interior hinge is cracked with several loose gatherings.
