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No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine original copper engraving. Mounted and ready to frame. ca 1790. An excellent opportunity to purchase a portrait of this eminent personage. Engraved By Chambers (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Blue Gilt Decorated Cloth. A Tear At Spine, Bumped, And One Surface Hole. Boards Cracked, Holding by a thread Tissued Frontis Page X 530 Pgs. Many Engravings. Index A List Of The Works Of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Scarce Copy of first edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Copyright date 1891, First edition, first printing Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 Litchfield, CT- July 1, 1896 Hartford, CT) was an American abolitionist and author. She came from the Beecher family, a famous religious family, and is best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans. The book reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and Great Britain, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. Stowe wrote 30 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. She was influential for both her writings and her public stances on social issues of the day. 530 pages with several portraits and illustrations plus index. Light edge wear to boards and spine cover, previous owner's name inside, play in front hinge, page outer edges tanned, edge tears in a few pages. No Dust Jacket. Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering and design on the front and spine. …

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Thick octavo, xii, 530pp, [6pp]. Dark blue cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine, decorative gilt embellishments on front cover. No additional printings noted. Blue-gray endpapers, solid text block. Top edge gilt. This copy is complete with frontispiece portrait and 15 illustrated plates, all with tissue covers. Notable foxing to frontispiece port and title page, otherwise a clean example. Signed on the verso of the frontispiece portrait, shortly after the book was published: "Trust in the Lord and Do good. Written by your true Friend / Harriet Beecher Stowe / Jany 2, 1890." This work by Rev. Charles Edward Stowe was sold by subscription beginning in 1889 for $3.50 per book. A second printing appeared shortly after, dated 1890 on the title page. This work is considered far superior to other biographies which appeared during the same era, due to cooperation of Mrs. Stowe and the access granted to her letters and journals. The first edition of The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe by her son, Charles Edward Stowe. This copy is inscribed by Harriet Beecher Stowe. (illustrator). Signed.…