Louisa May Alcott

LOUISA MAY (M. ) ALCOTT, with Illustrations, Brief Christmas Inscription on Front Flyleaf Former Owner. B/W Frontispiece with Tissue Guard of Harmony Village Clear the Lulla Was the General Cry Light FOX, Decorated B/W Floral Endpapers: JACK and JILL A Village Story By LOUISA MAY ALCOTT - 1ST EDITION ,1880 - Here's a Highly Sought After and Collectible First Edition of Louisa May Alcott's Jack and Jill. Not a Title You See Often and Would Make a Great Addition to Any Collection, Roberts Brothers; Boston 1880 ; fester Einband / hard cover; 1. Ed.

.As you probably know this book is hard to find, HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET ISSUED, 1880, 1ST Edition, 1st Printing,Same date of 1880 on title page and copyright page with no additional printings shown. Otherwise GOOD/GOOD- Condition Hardcover BOOK, NOJACKET , AS-IS, 325 pgs + ads THRU Rose in Bloom, Blue & Black Illustrated Cloth cover with Bright Gilt Lettering & Decor, Book Measures Approx. 5" x 6 3/4", GOOD or better condition overall. Some edgewear, heavier on corners and top and bottom of spine , & Along Spine Edge Tears tiny Chips Wear. Little chipping to the spine covering at top and bottom with some edge rips in spine covering at top, bottom and middle edge. Some light surface rubbing. Some light cover soiling . Slight cracking to front top edge hinge. Book cracks open some at pages 124/125 , but is all tight and intact. No loose or missing pages. A few pages with some minor foxing spots. One page with a couple heavier spots . Pages are all intact and tight. Slight Lean to Book, Spine end Tiny Tears Wear, gilt lettering and decorative branch and leaves on the spine . First Edition No Jacket Hard Cover; First Edition

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By LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, Green & White Floral Decorated Endapapers Small Tears, Blank Flyleaf Pencil Number, Double Page B/W Frontispiece with Tissue Guard in Between How it All Happened: Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag Volume 6, An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving & Other Stories, 1882, 1st Edition, 1st Printing By LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, Includes A Strange Island, Dolls Journey from Minnesota to Maine ETC, Roberts Brothers Publ. Boston 1882 ; fester Einband / hard cover; 1. Ed.

HARDBACK NO DUSTJACKET,1ST Edition, 1st Issue, 1882, Dates Match on Title page & Copyright pg, VG-/GOOD, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Small Red Cloth Approx 6.5 x 4.5 IN. (pages 6 1/4" x 4 1/4"), Crimson Red Cover Titled & Decorated Gold Gilt on Spine light Wear Tiny Chips Ends Spine & Crack going down Middle Spine, Cover light Soil Wear & Corner Dings, Pretext Lists Thru This Title, 234 pages followed by 6 pages of ads, Interior Nice tight Clean light WEAR , FOX few pgs extended outward slightly, 1 page ad in front listing all six Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag titles in the front, dual facing frontispieces with tissue guard, b&w illustration on title page. This book has chipping to the top spine end, some fraying to the bottom spine end, light wear to the corners, and some soiling and rubbing to the covers. The textblock is uneven in one place because two of the gatherings (signatures) have pulled a bit on it's stitches with one gathering almost loose but barely holding by the bottom stitch. The rear hinge is cracked, but the binding is fairly solid with no other cracking and no other loose or missing pages. The endpapers and the pages are toned from age, but are otherwise clean with no names, marks, tears, creases, or fingerprint smudges. First Edition No Jacket Hard Cover; First Edition

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Saxton, Martha: Louisa May : A Modern Biography of Louisa May Alcott, London Andre Deutsch 1978
0233969659 Very Good

Jacket a little worn/soiled, top edge noticably rubbed. Some edgewear to boards. Contents clean and sound throughout. First Edition Good hardcover Used

[SW: ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY, 1832-1888]

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Alcott, Louisa May: Aus der Knabenwelt. Eine Erzählung für das Knaben- und erste Jünglingsalter. Im freien Anschluß an des englische Original "Little Men" bearbeitet von Dr. Ig. Em. Wessely. Berlin, Meidinger. (Widmung von 1921).
(etwas schiefgelesen; Einband fleckig; Ecken etwas bestoßen; kleines Einklebebildchen auf dem Innendeckel; Widmung rückseitig Titelbild; kleiner Stempel und Nr. auf dem oberen Rand des Titelblattes) - *** Louisa May Alcott war eine der Jugendschriftstellerinnen, die Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts die realistische Familiengeschichte populär machte. - *** Ein Buch aus der Sammlung Kohlweyer, Teil 1 Nr. 5.

Farbig ill. Ganzleinen; 22,5 x 16 cm; 215 Seiten mit 5 Farbtafeln und Textbildern. de; 1

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