Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe — First edition — 1852 racerback Charles Howland Hammatt Billings (1818–1874)

Charles Howland Hammatt Billings (1818–1874) was an artist and architect from Boston who supplied the original illustrations for Uncle Tom's Cabin and who designed the National Monument to the Forefathers

Historical background: Lithography

the United States Government Building

Hundreds of British soldiers went through similar ordeals

Leather Bound

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe — First edition — 1852 racerback Charles Howland Hammatt Billings (1818–1874)Updated on November 13, 2025: This book has been sold. Full title: Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in Boston by John P. Jewett & Company in 1852. First edition. 2 volume set. Original publisher's presentation gift binding of red cloth with gilt stamped boards. Gilt page edges. In good condition inside and out. Adam J. White, quoting @Akhil_Reed_Amar in a review of his new book, Born Equal: Remaking