Little Eva; Uncle Tom's Guardian Angel. Composed and Most Respectfully Dedicated to Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Poetry by John G. Whittier.
Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852. 4pp. Folio. Original pictorial wrappers with vignette of "Little Eva and Uncle Tom in the Arbor" on front cover, sewn, but removed from a bound volume with some paper remnants along spine. Minor soiling to outer wrappers, mild edge wear, light thumb-soiling to outer margins of text. Very good. Item #5488
The scarce musical score for an early and once-popular song taken from Harriet Beecher Stowe's immortal classic, Uncle Tom's Cabin, with "poetry" by John Greenleaf Whittier and music by Manuel Emilio. This sheet music was published by the same publisher, in the same year, as the novel itself. The illustration on the front cover shows Little Eva reading the Bible to Uncle Tom in a leafy forest setting. According to Blanck, the present copy displays state A of the cover title and state C of the first page of text, with no priority established in either case. BAL 21776.
Price: $450