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Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896) Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly.
Boston: John P. Jewett; Cleveland: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, 1852.
First edition, first printing with all points met, two 12mo volumes, illustrated with title vignettes and six wood engraved plates by Hammatt Billings; bound in later brown quarter morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt stamped, speckled edges; foxing and spots throughout; plates relatively clean; boards detached, spine leather perished on each; ex libris William Perry Fogg (1826-1909), with dated ownership inscription on each title dated "1852" and additionally on the front free flyleaf of vol. 2 dated "1888"; 7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.
Renown American adventurer William P. Fogg, Cleveland resident and purported inspiration for Phileas Fogg in Verne's Around the World in 80 Days is also noted as one of the first Americans to travel throughout the interior of Japan. He dabbled briefly in publishing, acquiring the Herald Publishing Co. in 1877 with lawyer and U.S. Representative Richard C. Parsons until its failure, which sent him back on the road. Pasted inside the front board of the first volume is a handwritten note signed by Fogg (dated 1901) stating this copy was directly purchased from the publisher and was "the first copy sold in the State of Ohio in May 1853"; Fogg also recounts his decision to rebind both volumes thirty-five years later.
