Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys / Louisa M. Alcott
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.26
Description
Bound for Beauty #2
376 pages. 4 leaves of plates, illustrations (wood-engravings). Four pages of advertisements precede the frontis plate, no advertisements to the rear.
First American Edition, preceded by a 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 green 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.
Notes
Handwritten on flyleaf: "Pearl Judd Bentley -- 77 Rotch Street -- New Bedford -- Mass. -- Sept. 8, 1933 -- While Miss Alcott was in Rome in 1871, news of the death of her brother-in-law, John B. Pratt, reached her: 'Began to write a new book, "Little Men," that John's death may not leave Anna and the dear little boys in want.'"
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
John Wilson & Son
Notes
prt
Related Entries
Notes
Identical copy in rust cloth (2015.7.28)
Related Publications
Publication
Bibliography of American Literature
Notes
BAL 167
Exhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
