Eight cousins; Or, The Aunt-Hill / Louisa M. Alcott

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Eight cousins; Or, The Aunt-Hill / Louisa M. Alcott

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.41

Description

Bound for Beauty #7 290 p. : ill. frontis 6 pages of advertisements for Alcott's works to the rear. This is an early edition of Alcott's 1875 novel portraying the tale of Rose Campbell.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Girls, Fiction., 1870s

Dimensions

Height

6-3/4 in

Width

4-1/2 in

Book Details

Author

Louisa May Alcott

Publisher

Roberts Brothers

Place Published

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1874

Printer

John Wilson & Son

Place Printed

City

Cambridge

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Printed

1875

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Eastlake Design

Binding Notes

Bound in green cloth with blind stamped rectangular panels to the front cover, gilt Eastlake design to the spine. Spine Title reads EIGHT COUSINS OR THE AUNTHILL. Brown stone coated endpapers.

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Bibliography of American Literature

Notes

BAL lists only 1875 date. Same as BAL177 except in green cloth, not blue.

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection