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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Under The Lilacs [First Edition] |
| Date | 1878 |
| Record ID | 140097 |
| Collection Name | Theme Based Selections |
| Sub Collection | Important Authors/Titles/Illustrators |
| Reference | First Eds. AlcottL |
| Theme | Poverty, Debt and Welfare Family and Relationships Women in Publishing |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's stories Sisters Widows Play School children Dogs Orphans Homeless children Child labor Circus performers Adoption Birthdays Archery Children's plays Women as authors Women as illustrators |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Description | With a half-title. Publisher's device of Roberts Brothers, title page, has wood engraving of a cherub holding a scepter in his right hand, seated on a globe reading a book, with the Latin caption, "Qui legit regit." Originally published in St. Nicholas, Dec. 1877-Oct. 1878. Dedicated to "Emma, Ida, Carl, and Lina, over the sea ...". Copyright 1878 by Louisa M. Alcott. "Cambridge: press of John Wilson & Son". Verso of title page. Wood-engraved plates signed by Frank T. Merrill and Henry Wolf. "Louisa M. Alcott's famous books." Advertisement, p. [307-312]. Includes illustrations by "E." (i.e., Sol Eytinge?), "A.H.L." (i.e., Addie Ledyard), "W.H. Morse sc." and "C.A. Powell sc." |
| Author | Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888) |
| Publisher | Roberts Brothers John Wilson and Son |
| Places | United States;United States |
| Illustrator | Merrill, Frank T (1848-1923) Wolf, Henry (1852-1916) Eytinge, Solomon (1833-1905) Ledyard, Addie Morse, W H Powell, Caroline Amelia (1852-1934) |
| Document Type | Novel |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1878 Juvenile novels Publishers' advertisements--Massachusetts--Boston Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)--1878 Grained cloth (Binding)--1878 Gold stamped cloth (Binding) Black stamped cloth (Binding) Relief prints Blind stamps (Provenance) Library copies (Provenance) Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) |
| Size | [8], 305, [7] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm |
| Page Numbers | [8], 305, [7] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm |
| Additional Notes | By Louisa M Alcott, Author Of "Little Women," "An Old-Fashioned Girl," "Little Men," "Eight Cousins," "Rose In Bloom," "Work," "Hospital Sketches," "Silver Pitchers," "Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag" |
| Catalog Notes | With a half-title. Publisher's device of Roberts Brothers, title page, has wood engraving of a cherub holding a scepter in his right hand, seated on a globe reading a book, with the Latin caption, "Qui legit regit." Originally published in St. Nicholas, Dec. 1877-Oct. 1878. Dedicated to "Emma, Ida, Carl, and Lina, over the sea ..." Copyright 1878 by Louisa M. Alcott. "Cambridge: press of John Wilson & Son."--verso of title page. Wood-engraved plates signed by Frank T. Merrill and Henry Wolf. "Louisa M. Alcott's famous books."--advertisement, p. [307-312]. Includes illustrations by "E." (i.e., Sol Eytinge?), "A.H.L." (i.e., Addie Ledyard), "W.H. Morse sc." and "C.A. Powell sc." |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy 1 bound in blue cloth; does not have quotation mark after "men" on title page; has full advertisements at end (p. [307-312]). The gift of Herbert E. Lombard, 1927. Inscribed: Anna Clark from Mrs. Rupert, Dec. 25th, 1878.;American Antiquarian Society copy 2 bound in green cloth; has single quotation mark after "men" on title page; has only p. [307-310] of advertisements at end. Lacks half-title, p. [1-2]. The gift of the estate of P.K. Foley, 1938. Has blind stamp of Orcutt's Circulating Library, Chelsea. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
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