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Lot 132
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, 1868
Closed14 September 2021
Price Realised
USD 32,500
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Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, 1868
ALCOTT, Louisa May (1832-1888). Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1868. [With:] Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Part Second. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1869. [And:] Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871.
First edition, first issue of the novel that “initiated the modern juvenile” (Grolier American). With the first American edition of Little Men. BAL 158-159, 167; Grolier American 74; Johnson High Spots 11; Peter Parley to Penrod p.30.
Little Women: Two volumes, octavo. Frontispieces and plates, advertisements bound at the end of each volume (vol. 1 frontispiece detached, scattered small stains). Original green publisher’s cloth stamped in gilt (hinges cracked, mild rubbing to spine and corners); half morocco clamshell case (faded, wear). Little Men: Octavo. Plates, 4-page publisher's advertisements bound at front (lacking frontispiece). Original publisher’s plum cloth stamped in gilt; plum half morocco case. Provenance: Carrie S. Allen (gift inscription dated 21 April 1869 in vol. 2) – Leigh B. Block (bookplates in Little Women) – Christie's New York, 5 December 1997, lot 12.
Louisa May Alcott, 1868
ALCOTT, Louisa May (1832-1888). Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1868. [With:] Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Part Second. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1869. [And:] Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871.
First edition, first issue of the novel that “initiated the modern juvenile” (Grolier American). With the first American edition of Little Men. BAL 158-159, 167; Grolier American 74; Johnson High Spots 11; Peter Parley to Penrod p.30.
Little Women: Two volumes, octavo. Frontispieces and plates, advertisements bound at the end of each volume (vol. 1 frontispiece detached, scattered small stains). Original green publisher’s cloth stamped in gilt (hinges cracked, mild rubbing to spine and corners); half morocco clamshell case (faded, wear). Little Men: Octavo. Plates, 4-page publisher's advertisements bound at front (lacking frontispiece). Original publisher’s plum cloth stamped in gilt; plum half morocco case. Provenance: Carrie S. Allen (gift inscription dated 21 April 1869 in vol. 2) – Leigh B. Block (bookplates in Little Women) – Christie's New York, 5 December 1997, lot 12.
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, 1868
ALCOTT, Louisa May (1832-1888). Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1868. [With:] Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Part Second. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1869. [And:] Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871.
First edition, first issue of the novel that “initiated the modern juvenile” (Grolier American). With the first American edition of Little Men. BAL 158-159, 167; Grolier American 74; Johnson High Spots 11; Peter Parley to Penrod p.30.
Little Women: Two volumes, octavo. Frontispieces and plates, advertisements bound at the end of each volume (vol. 1 frontispiece detached, scattered small stains). Original green publisher’s cloth stamped in gilt (hinges cracked, mild rubbing to spine and corners); half morocco clamshell case (faded, wear). Little Men: Octavo. Plates, 4-page publisher's advertisements bound at front (lacking frontispiece). Original publisher’s plum cloth stamped in gilt; plum half morocco case. Provenance: Carrie S. Allen (gift inscription dated 21 April 1869 in vol. 2) – Leigh B. Block (bookplates in Little Women) – Christie's New York, 5 December 1997, lot 12.
Louisa May Alcott, 1868
ALCOTT, Louisa May (1832-1888). Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1868. [With:] Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Part Second. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1869. [And:] Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871.
First edition, first issue of the novel that “initiated the modern juvenile” (Grolier American). With the first American edition of Little Men. BAL 158-159, 167; Grolier American 74; Johnson High Spots 11; Peter Parley to Penrod p.30.
Little Women: Two volumes, octavo. Frontispieces and plates, advertisements bound at the end of each volume (vol. 1 frontispiece detached, scattered small stains). Original green publisher’s cloth stamped in gilt (hinges cracked, mild rubbing to spine and corners); half morocco clamshell case (faded, wear). Little Men: Octavo. Plates, 4-page publisher's advertisements bound at front (lacking frontispiece). Original publisher’s plum cloth stamped in gilt; plum half morocco case. Provenance: Carrie S. Allen (gift inscription dated 21 April 1869 in vol. 2) – Leigh B. Block (bookplates in Little Women) – Christie's New York, 5 December 1997, lot 12.