Alcott, Louisa May

Autograph manuscript being two pages from Jack and Jill: A Village Story, each page (9 3/4 x 7 5/8 in.; 245 x 194mm), no place, no date [1880]; on lined paper; marginal browning. Accompanied by an autograph letter signed ("L.M.A.") 3 pages (7 x 4 1/2 in.; 180 x 116 mm), no place, 27 December [no year] to Mrs. Talbot requesting her help in finding a servant girl; on grid paper; lightly soiled.

Pages from Jack and Jill. Marked pages 4 and 5, Alcott's text commences, "& a face full of fun & sparkle as she moved Jack's blue tippet like a banner with one hand & held on with the other." The text abrubtly ends: " 'She is just as sweet as she can be!' de-"