For sale is a rare and exceptional Early Reprint of The Birds’ Christmas Carol by Louisa May Alcott. Complete Authorized Edition stated with Black and white illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith whose color illustrations were in the first edition. First Edition unstated, but dated Houghton Mifflin with both 1886 and 1888 in the three-line text on the copyright page and no subsequent printing.
Very Good hardcover with clean, bright boards with a few scuffs and scratches and a strong sheen on the textured cloth. The ink is very strong on the title, illustration and author’s name on the front board, and the lightly sunned spine . Also with clean, lightly toned page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, rolled spine ends, moderate to heavy edge wear and rounded and rubbed corners with no bare spots. Both end papers are unevenly toned. There is also a small tear on the first free end paper. No other marks or inscriptions inside. Pages clean and lightly toned.
No dust jacket.
The Birds’ Christmas Carol is a novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin printed privately in 1886 and published in 1888 with illustrations by Katharine R. Wireman. Wiggin published the book to help fund the Silver Street Free Kindergarten in San Francisco, which she founded in 1878.
Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
