From Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 04 June 2001
About this Item
Hardcover. Bound in terra cotta brown cloth with gold lettering inside oval on the spine and cover. Publisher's name in gold at the base of the spine. Binding good and tight. The color of the cloth is still brighter than normal. There's a 3 inch slit at the rear hinge where backing linen is fleetingly visible. Foot of spine is chipped and the cloth is curled up to the gold of the publisher's name. Slight shelf-cocked, as seems always to be the case with the title. Corners bumped. Overall, though, the binding is is better condition than is usually seen. Gutters cracked at front and rear endpapers, revealing backing linen, but still tight. First blank page has original owners name signed twice, once in pen and once in pencil (Mary M Dillon) both dated July 1869. There is also a small printed 'If thou art borrowed.' clipping pasted to this first blank page. Title page dated 1869. The bottom two inches of the title page are not attached at the gutter. Frontispiece with tissue guard present. Copyright page dated 1868. 4 plates present including frontispiece. On page 341, it says 'end of part first. Part Second, completing Little Women is published in a volume to match this.'10 pages (5 leaves) of ads. The ads are numbered 3, _, 11, 12, 16, 15, 17, 19, 20, 18. The ads do mention Little Women available as a 2 volumes set for $2. Spine and title page make no mention of which 'part' this is. Publication history is a bit tricky with these wonderful early copies of Little Women. It was first published in Sept or October 1868 in an edition of only 2,000 copies. It was an immediate success, and Roberts Brothers set about reprinting it in a somewhat disorganized manner. Part 2 of the story was published in April of 1869. There were at least 3 copies of Part 1 printed in 1869 that make no mention of Part 2. This copy DOES mention Part 2 at the end of the text, but not on the title page or on the spine, suggesting that the publisher used a cover left over from the first batch (before Part 2 was added to the spine). The ownership date on the free endpaper lets us know that this copy was out in the world by July, meaning that it was printed somewhere between April and July of 1869. Extremely scarce. Please email with questions or to request more photos. Seller Inventory # XXIII-123
Bibliographic Details
Title: Little Woman
Publisher: Boston. Roberts Brothers
Publication Date: 1869
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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