Spinning-Wheel Stories

Title: Spinning-Wheel Stories

Author: Alcott, Louisa M. [May]

Publication: Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884.

Description: First edition of Louisa May Alcott's book of children's tales, told by a grandmother to her grandchildren around a spinning wheel. Published posthumously. Illustrations at head of each chapter. Bound in publisher's full green cloth over boards (this color not mentioned in BAL), stamped in gilt and black, with floral endpapers. 6.75 x 4.75 inches; [4], 276 pages, [8] pages of publisher's advertisements. From the collection of Arthur Williams Hall (1873-1952) of Massachusetts, bibliophile and manufacturer of laboratory equipment, with his pencil notes on the front free endpaper; thence by descent through three generations. Binding with moderate wear to the extremities, interior with moderate toning. Very Good. Reference: Blanck, J. Bibliography of American literature, 206.