A Garland for Girls (Complete Authorized Edition)
by Alcott, Louisa May
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1908. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A collection of 7 wholesome stories for children orig. published in 1887, using real life boys & girlsL as characters. This is a later Grosset & Dunlap reprint of the 1908 Little, Brown edition, in 286 pp. With soft blue cloth-covered boards titled in silver to front & spine, this hardcover 8vo is in VG condition: very clean, binding strong & straight, hinges intact. Pages moderately tanned, heavier to edges & endpapers. Former owner's name in pen to ffep. Minor rubbing to extremities & lightly bumped corners. The unclipped DJ is just Good, with moderate edgewear, many small chips & short tears; nicely protected in new mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Pacific time (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021550
- Title
- A Garland for Girls (Complete Authorized Edition)
- Author
- Alcott, Louisa May
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- CHILDREN FICTION LITERATURE GIRLS BOYS NINETEENTH TWENTIETH CENTURY SHORT STORIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Nonfiction; Literature/Literary Criticism/Poetry/Short Stories; Children-Young Adult (YA): Literature; Poetry";
Terms of Sale
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La Mesa, California
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...