Dred; Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp [Two Volume Set]

Published by Phillips, Sampson and Company, Boston, 1856

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Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Capitol Hill Books, ABAA

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Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First American Edition, First Printing. Two volume set. Octavo (20cm); publisher's cloth binding with titles stamped in gilt to spine, pale yellow endpapers; 329, [6] (ads.); 370 pp. Corners rubbed and lightly bumped; cloth chipped on head and foot of spines; pages toned with some foxing and spotting; Vol. 1 opens easily to page 169; binding sound. Overall, a Very Good set. Stowe's second anti-slavery novel published following the success of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Stowe based the title character, Dred, on Nat Turner and included Nat Turner's Confessions in the appendix of Vol. 2. BAL 19389.

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Title
Dred; Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp [Two Volume Set]
Author
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Publisher
Phillips, Sampson and Company, Boston
Publication year
1856
Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition.
Item weight
4 pounds
Seller catalogs
Black Studies / Black Arts and Artists, Fiction, Slavery / Abolition

Capitol Hill Books, ABAA

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