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STOWE, Harriet Beecher (1811–1896). Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Negro Life in the Slave States of America. London: [Salisbury and Co. for] Clarke and Co., 1852. 8vo. Original publisher’s pictorial dark green cloth stamped in gilt with blindstamped borders, pale yellow endpapers (spine and extremes darkened, some rubbing at corners). EARLY ENGLISH EDITION published 1 May 1852 and is the earliest English edition identified by BAL. However, BAL notes that it may not be the first English edition as Clarke’s earliest advertisements and listings indicate that their original edition had only 300 pp. (this copy has 329 pages). This Clarke edition precedes the John Cassell edition illustrated by George Cruikshank that was published on 23 October 1852, nearly 6 months later, and is frequently but erroneously described as the first English edition. Rare in the original binding. BAL 19518.