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Little Women / Louisa M. Alcott

Book
Bound for Beauty #4 341 p. No advertisements Part First only: copyright 1868, 1869 printing. The first printing was 1868, it was published with no mention of a second part, which was printed in April 1869. Printed after the last page of text: "End of Part First. Part Second, completing Little Women is published in a volume to match this." Without Part One on the spine.
Little Women / Louisa M. Alcott picture number 1

2015.7.29

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

March familyFiction1860s

6-3/4 in

4-1/2 in

Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott

Boston

Massachusetts

United States

North America

1869

Stereotyped by Innes & Regan, 55 Water Street, Presswork by John Wilson and Son)

Boston

Massachusetts

United States

North America

1869

Publisher's Binding

Bound in a green cloth binding with gilt titles to cover and spine enclosed within a decorated oval. This is a uniform binding published by Roberts. Illustrated by May Alcott with a frontis plate and three additional plates. Brown stone endpapers.

Previous owner's name is faintly written on front endpaper.

John Wilson & Son

printer.

Innes & Regan

stereotyper.

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