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Rare graphic issue on "Uncle Tom's Cabin"...
Rare graphic issue on "Uncle Tom's Cabin"...
Item # 704179
August 02, 1856
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Aug. 2, 1856
* Uncle Tom's Cabin reading
* Mrs. Mary E. Webb illustration
Inside has a nice article: "Dramatic Reading by a Coloured Native of Philadelphia" accompanied by a print of her captioned: "Mrs. Mary E. Webb (A Coloured Native of Philadelphia) Reading 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' in the Hall of Stafford-House".
The facing page has a print of the construction of the clock tower of the Parliament building, now one of the iconic images for London.
This is the only issue we have seen which has a graphic concerning the wildly popular book--even back in the 1850's--"Uncle Tom's Cabin".
Complete in 24 pages with the "Supplement" issue & in excellent condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War