Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys / Louisa M. Alcott
2015.7.26
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1860sJuvenile fictionConduct of life
6-3/4 in
4-1/2 in
Louisa May Alcott
First American
Boston
Massachusetts
United States
North America
1871
Press of John Wilson and Son
Cambridge
Massachusetts
United States
North America
Publisher's Binding
Bound in green cloth with gilt titles to cover and spine enclosed within a decorated oval. This is a uniform binding published by Roberts. Illustrated with a frontis plate. Three additional plates. Rust stone endpapers.
Handwritten on flyleaf: "Pearl Judd Bentley -- 77 Rotch Street -- New Bedford -- Mass. -- Sept. 8, 1933 -- While Miss Alcott was in Rome in 1871, news of the death of her brother-in-law, John B. Pratt, reached her: 'Began to write a new book, "Little Men," that John's death may not leave Anna and the dear little boys in want.'"
John Wilson & Son
prt
Identical copy in rust cloth (2015.7.28)
Bibliography of American Literature
BAL 167
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