Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, etc. / Louisa M. Alcott

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, etc. / Louisa M. Alcott

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.61

Description

Bound for Beauty #8 234 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. 6 pages of advertising to the rear (4 illustrated). Volume 6 (VI) in the "Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag" Series. This is the last of 6 titles in the series published in a uniform binding. Eleven Alcott tales. One of several spin-offs of Alcott's wildly successful "Little Women." This was the first in a series of books featuring an adult Jo, "Little Women's" main character, as the narrator.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Children's stories., 1880s

Dimensions

Height

6-1/2 in

Width

4-7/16 in

Book Details

Author

Louisa May Alcott

Volume/Number/Issue

6

Edition

First

Publisher

Roberts Brothers

Place Published

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1882

Printer

Press of John Wilson and Son

Place Printed

City

Cambridge

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Notes

Bound in bright blue cloth with gilt titles and a number 6 to the spine. Spine decoration has a gilt scrap bag and other embellishments. Cover is blind-stamped with ruled blank rectangles. Delicate green floral patterned endpapers.

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Bibliography of American Literature

Notes

BAL 202

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection