Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag. Shawl-Straps
by Alcott, Louisa M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1873. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition. Orange cloth binding, decoritively stamped on the frnt cover; titling and decorations in gilt on the spine. Clean text; two pages of ads and two illustrations precede the Title Page. 226 pages, with a six-page advert in the rear. Mildly bumped; slight lean; mild soiling to covers; head of spine rubbed. There are four tiny black dots, of a mysterious nature, on the rar cover. A solid copy that presents nicely.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005246
- Title
- Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag. Shawl-Straps
- Author
- Alcott, Louisa M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1873
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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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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- 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...
- Cloth
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- 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
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....