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Discussion in 'Books' started by daveydempsey, Nov 27, 2024 at 6:39 PM.

  1. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    How do I determine the age of this edition of the book.
    There are no dates in it, no issue numbers.

    Google images gives many different book covers.

    Searching eBay I find a similar cover for sale in the US that states 1896, a UK listing has no date.

    I'm not a book reader and knew very little about this one, nor the history.
    I did not realise it caused so much controversy.

    Even though it was a US author, Wiki says in 1852, 300,000 first editions were purchased in the US and 1.5 million in the UK:eek:

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  2. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    Davey-Think you're dead on w/an 1896 pub date.
    It was first published in 1852,and along with John Brown's Raid was instrumental in laying the groundwork for the U.S. Civil War in that it brought to light the conditions of slavery to a mass American audience.
    It was a phenomenal bestseller-think Harry Potter for it's time.It also ran all across the nation as a play.
     
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  3. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

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  4. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Yes that is the one I'm referring to on eBay.com, but how did they get the date ?
     
  5. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

    That might be based on
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  6. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

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  7. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    That looks like an inexpensive reprint. No title page with publisher's name? Like this?

    Debora

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  8. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    The latter definitely looks like a school prize-quality book.
     
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