A Hole in the Wall / Louisa M. Alcott
Book
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.
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2015.7.138
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1890s
7-1/2 in
5 in
Louisa May Alcott
First
Boston
Massachusetts
United States
North America
1899
Publisher's Binding- Poster Style
Amy M. Sacker
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.