Bound for Beauty #1
378 pages, illustrations. No advertisements precede the frontis, 5 pages of advertisements to the rear. Advertisement for Little Women and Hospital Sketches printed on the copyright page.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
Friendship, 1860s, Fiction, 19th century
Dimensions
Height
6-3/4 in
Width
4-1/2 in
Book Details
Author
Louisa May Alcott
Edition
First
Publisher
Roberts Brothers
Place Published
City
Boston
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1871
Printer
Alfred Mudge and Son
Binding
Binding Notes
Bound in a dark green cloth binding with gilt titles to cover and spine enclosed within a decorated oval. This is a uniform binding published by Roberts. Illustrated with double frontis plates. Brown stone endpapers.
Notes
1870 to copyright and title page. Second printing, second state.
Relationships
Related Places
Place
City
Boston
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Related Publications
Publication
Bibliography of American Literature
Notes
BAL 163
Exhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
