Louisa May Alcott Her Life, Letters, and Journals
Published by Roberts Brothers, Boston, 1889
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United KingdomBookcase
AbeBooks seller since February 22, 2000
Condition: Used - Good
£ 75.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Decorated green boards with gilt lettering to front and spine, first edition, first printing, corners and spine ends bumped, lightly edgeworn, spine lightly sunned and spine edges worn, light rubbing to rear board, green floral endpapers, ink inscription to fep and to fly-title page, some foxing to title page and initial pages, black and white photograph of author to frontispiece with tissue guard, portrait of author on page 140 with tissue guard detached from binding to foot - there are five illustrations in total, two with tissue guards (frontispiece and page 40), two facsimile writings and the image entitled, 'Orchard House' do not have tissue guards, 404 pages clean, text clear to read, "with Goethe" at the bottom of page 44, advertisements to the rear of the book, binding cocked but pp secure. This book of autobiographical writings is taken from the journal that the author revised at different times during her later life and was printed after her death and was edited by Ednah Cheney who was connected to the Alcott family. Size: 12mo.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Louisa May Alcott Her Life, Letters, and Journals
- Author
- Alcott, Louisa M. (Cheney, Ednah D. Editor)
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers, Boston
- Publication year
- 1889
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Dust Jacket
- Binding
- Cloth Covered Boards
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Autobiography and Biography
Bookcase
Carlisle, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since February 22, 2000
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