Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. Part First / Louisa M. Alcott
Name/Title
Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. Part First / Louisa M. AlcottEntry/Object ID
2015.7.40Description
Bound for Beauty #3 341 pages. Illustrated frontis. 10 pages of illustrated advertisements to rear. In a uniform binding of Eight Cousins, but with different endpapers. Binding design is more typical of 1870s bindings. A common practice for series issued in different years--binding style will reflect the period of the first issue in the series.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
March family, Juvenile fiction, 1870sDimensions
Height
6-3/4 inWidth
4-1/2 inBook Details
Author
Louisa May AlcottVolume/Number/Issue
1Publisher
Roberts BrothersPlace Published
City
BostonState/Province
MassachusettsCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1868Printer
University Press ; John Wilson and Son)Place Printed
City
CambridgeState/Province
MassachusettsCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Printed
1880Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Eastlake DesignBinding Notes
Bound in green cloth with blind stamped rectangular panels to the front and rear cover. Gilt Eastlake design to the spine. Spine title reads LITTLE WOMEN PART FIRST. Green floral endpapers.Notes
Copyright date 1868Relationships
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Region
New EnglandCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaExhibitions
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
Lobby Case Aug 2020 - Nov 2020