Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys / Louisa M. Alcott

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys / Louisa M. Alcott

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.28

Description

Bound for Beauty #5 376 p. : wood-engravings. Four pages of advertisements precede the frontis plate. No advertisements to the rear. First American edition, preceded by UK edition.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1860s, Juvenile fiction., Conduct of life

Dimensions

Height

6-3/4 in

Width

4-1/2 in

Book Details

Author

Louisa May Alcott

Edition

First American

Publisher

Roberts Brothers

Place Published

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1871

Printer

Press of John Wilson and Son

Place Printed

City

Cambridge

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Notes

Bound in rust 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.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

John Wilson & Son

Notes

prt

Related Entries

Notes

Identical copy in green cloth (2015.7.26)

Related Publications

Publication

Bibliography of American Literature

Notes

BAL 167

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection