Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. Part Second / Louisa M. Alcott

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. Part Second / Louisa M. Alcott

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.39

Description

Bound for Beauty #6 359 p. : ill. (incl. frontis) 8 pages of illustrated advertisements. In a uniform binding of Eight Cousins, but with different endpapers. Binding design is more typical of 1870's bindings--common practice for series issued in different years--binding style will reflect the periods of the first issue in the series.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

March family, Juvenile fiction., 1870s

Dimensions

Height

6-3/4 in

Width

4-1/2 in

Book Details

Author

Louisa May Alcott

Volume/Number/Issue

2

Publisher

Roberts Brothers

Place Published

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1869

Printer

Regan and Leadbeater

Place Printed

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Printed

1880

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Eastlake Design

Binding 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 SECOND. Green floral endpapers.

Notes

Print date from title page Copyright date 1869

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Region

New England

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Exhibitions

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
Lobby Case Aug 2020 - Nov 2020