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
