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Little Men
by Louisa May Alcott
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Foster, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Roberts Brothers, 1871. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Roberts Brothers (Press of John Wilson and Son); Boston, 1871. Hardcover. First Edition, First Issue. A Good, burgundy cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board and spine, sunned spine with stress crease, frayed spine edges, rubbing along board edges, wear to board corners, age toning to pages, faint moisture stain top text block edge, small abrasions to board corners, spine buckram separating from backing material, binding shaky, pages 161-176 separating from text block but still slightly attached, faint pencil notation top front free endpaper, few dog-eared pages, faint moisture stain top corner of prelims, starting hinges, some handling/scuffing and soiling to boards, without Dust Wrapper. A good and overall clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 376pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
Synopsis
Little Men, or Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott, first published in 1871. The novel reprises characters from Little Women and is considered by some the second book of an unofficial Little Women trilogy, which is completed with Alcott's 1886 novel Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to "Little Men". Little Men tells the story of Jo Bhaer and the children at Plumfield Estate School.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavendier Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1039684
- Title
- Little Men
- Author
- Louisa May Alcott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Date Published
- 1871
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lavendier Books
Biblio member since 2008
Foster, Rhode Island
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Selling quailty books for over 20 years.
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- Buckram
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Sunned
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- Rubbing
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- Gilt
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- Text Block
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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