Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Harriet Beecher Stowe – 1852 | Routledge First UK Edition

The 1852 Uncle Tom’s Cabin Routledge edition is among the earliest British printings of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel. Published in London by George Routledge and Co., this edition was issued the same year as the first American release.

This Routledge issue includes all text and illustrations called for in this edition. This particular example was owned by British Baron Broughton, Sir John Hobhouse, a known personal friend of Lord Byron.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Uncle Tom’s Cabin. A Tale of Life Among the Lowly
• Author(s): Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Illustrator(s): none
• Contributor(s): Earl of Carlisle
• Publisher: London: George Routledge and Co
• Edition: First UK Routledge Edition, 1852.
• Format: Octavo, single volume
• Binding: Quarter leather over brown cloth boards
• Size: ~ 7 in x 5 in (17.5 cm x 12.5 cm)
• Collation: vi, 351 pp.
  • No publisher’s ads present
• Contents Include:
  • Complete text of the novel
• Provenance: bookplate – Sir John C Hobhouse – 1^st Baron Broughton and close friend of Lord Byron
• Reference(s): BAL 19343; Grolier American 100, 61; Sabin 92457; PMM 332; Wright 2401
  • “The impact of Uncle Tom’s Cabin on the United States was greater than that of any book before or since.” – Printing and the Mind of Man 332

Condition:

Very Good. Bound in contemporary leather. The spine features gilt titling and simple ruled compartments. Leather shows rubbing of surface near the hinges. Corners are lightly worn. Internally, the pages are complete. Foxing and toning appear throughout. All eight plates are present, with some edge wear and browning. Text block remains stable and intact.

Why Collect This?

• Printed by Routledge in 1852, the year of first publication

Item Number: #28921