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Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag. My Boys, Etc.
by Alcott, Louisa M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1872. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition, the first in the series of "Scrap-Bags." Green cloth binding, decoratively ruled on the covers; Gilt titling and decorations on the spine. Clean text; 215 pages, with a two-page ad in the rear. Two illustrations appear prior to the Title Page. Table of Contents lists 14 stories; a list of Alcott's "Recent New Works" precedes it. Neat contemporary signature (1872) on the FFEP. Very slightly cocked. Mild rub at the margins, a bit heavier at the head and foot of the spine. A solid copy that presents well.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005245
- Title
- Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag. My Boys, Etc.
- Author
- Alcott, Louisa M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1872
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- First Edition
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- FFEP
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- New
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- Spine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
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