Name/Title
A Hole in the Wall / Louisa M. AlcottEntry/Object ID
2015.7.138Description
62 pages. 2 pages of advertising to rear. Illustrated with three black and white plates and a frontis plate.
The book consists of two lengthy short stories: "A Hole in the Wall" and "How They Camped Out." A title in the the Children's Friend Series published by Little, Brown.
"A Hole in the Wall" was first published by Alcott in 1885 as a short story in a collection titled "Lulu's Library." "How They Camped Out" was first published in St. Nicholas Magazine and also in "Aunt Jo's Scrap Book" Volume 5.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsBook Details
Author
Louisa May AlcottEdition
FirstPublisher
Little, Brown & CompanyPlace Published
City
BostonState/Province
MassachusettsCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1899Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Poster StyleBinding Designer
Amy M. SackerBinding Notes
Bound in a poster style decorated cloth cover designed by Amy M. Sacker with her monogram in the bottom left corner. Yellow cloth covers have an impressed stamped design in a black ruled border of a boy, a girl, and a large bird. Stamped in green and black. Title on the front is gilt; titles to the spine are stamped in black.
