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JACK AND JILL; A Village Story / By Louisa M. Alcott / With Illustrations
by Alcott, Louisa May
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/None
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, 1900. Reprint of 1880 edition. Decorative cloth. Fine/None. 12mo (7" x 4 3/4" x 1 1/4") brown cloth with gilt spine & leafy sprigs on spine & front cover, illustrated by xxx with B&W lithographic frontispiece (with tissue guard) and 3 additional full-page plates, 325 pages + [7] Ads for Alcott & related books. Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868), and its sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised by transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she also grew up among the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau.<br /> <br /> She worked to help support the family from an early age and began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist and remained unmarried throughout her life. <br /> <br /> FINE and remarkably tight copy with very clean pages (apart from preliminary presentation & ownership entries on the front endpapers) plus immaculate illustrations. No foxing. Likely from a set. Minute wear to corners, else almost as good as new.
Synopsis
From the book:"Clear the lulla!" was the general cry on a bright December afternoon, when all the boys and girls of Harmony Village were out enjoying the first good snow of the season. Up and down three long coasts they went as fast as legs and sleds could carry them. One smooth path led into the meadow, and here the little folk congregated; one swept across the pond, where skaters were darting about like water-bugs; and the third, from the very top of the steep hill, ended abruptly at a rail fence on the high bank above the road. There was a group of lads and lasses sitting or leaning on this fence to rest after an exciting race, and, as they reposed, they amused themselves with criticising their mates, still absorbed in this most delightful of out-door sports. "Here comes Frank Minot, looking as solemn as a judge," cried one, as a tall fellow of sixteen spun by, with a set look about the mouth and a keen sparkle of the eyes, fixed on the distant goal with a do-or-die expression.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8741
- Title
- JACK AND JILL; A Village Story / By Louisa M. Alcott / With Illustrations
- Author
- Alcott, Louisa May
- Format/Binding
- Decorative cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint of 1880 edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1900
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Cloth
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- New
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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