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STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the

Lowly.

2 volumes. Title vignettes and 6 wood-engraved plates. 8vo, original dark brown

cloth, front covers with gilt-blocked vignette, repeated in blind on back covers, short chip-

ping to spine tips, corners bumped with exposure, vol. 2 with two chips to rear joint and

slight lean, short crack to outer edge of front board on vol. 1; penciled ownership signature

to flyleaves, unobtrusive bookseller’s label to front pastedowns.

Boston: John P. Jewett, 1852

[3,000/4,000]

FIRST EDITION

MEETING ALL POINTS

BAL’s B binding. “The social impact of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

was greater than that of any book before or since” (PMM 332). BAL 19343.

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THOMPSON, HUNTER S.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Illustrated by

Ralph Steadman. 8vo, publisher’s printed wrappers, dampstain to lower backstrip, pub-

lisher’s/editor’s inked notes to front and back wrapper; contents with a few spots and a very

few editorial pen marks.

RARE UNCORRECTED PAGE PROOF

NewYork: Random House, 1971

[1,000/1,500]

WITH

Another Copy. Illustrated. 8vo, publisher’s

cloth; dust jacket. First edition. Fine copy. NY,

1971.