first edition
1904
by Alcott, Louisa May
MORNING GLORIES AND QUEEN ASTER, Little, Brown, 1904, first edition thus, slight rubbing to spine extremities and fore edge corner tips, else a tight, bright vg+ copy in the publishers original pink and forest green pictorial stamped blue cloth. Illustrated. (MORNING GLORIES was originally published by Horace B. Fuller of Boston in 1867 and reprinted in An Old-fashioned Thanksgiving - Vol 6 of Aunt Jo's Scrap-bag. QUEEN ASTER was originally published as A Flower Fable in the Feb 26 1887 issue of Woman's Journal, then the named was changed to QUEEN ASTER for publication in The Frost King - Vol 2 of Lulu's Library. MORNING GLORIES is the story of Daisy, a small girl, who has been ill and becomes petulant and spoiled. One morning she wakes to what sounds like fairy music. In the search for fairies, Daisy and her favorite aunt go on a series of early morning rambles and she rediscovers the joys of nature. QUEEN ASTER is a whimsical tale about a revolt in the flower garden and its subsequent happy ending).
(Inventory #: 00112)