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Uncle Tom's Cabin Signed by Stowe

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Uncle Tom's Cabin Signed by Stowe
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Harriet Beecher Stowe signed and inscribed copy of her incendiary work ''Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly.'' Published by Houghton, Osgood and Company, The Riverside Press: Boston: 1879. The ''Holiday Edition,'' inscribed and signed by the author in pencil on a preliminary leaf, ''Very truly yours / H. B. Stowe / Bay View House / Aug. 16 1879.'' A specially-designed reinvention of the book with the first appearance of Stowe's 31-page introduction in which she describes the book's creation. Octavo hardcover runs 529 pages, profusely illustrated with 106 illustrations in the text, some full-page; additionally, a stereoview showing Stowe's residence is laid in. Publisher's three-quarter dark brown morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and rules, and all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Text bordered in red. Housed in a red cloth clamshell case with a red leather spine label lettered in gilt. Binding and corners rubbed. Binding somewhat shaken with rear hinge detached. Front hinge starting. Despite these flaws, a clean, very good copy of a title rarely encountered signed.