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Author: Alcott, Louisa M[ay]
Title: Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys
Place: Boston
Publisher: Roberts Brothers
Date: 1871
Item # : 134930
Sale Number   268
Lot Number   1
Sale Name    
Literature with Science Fiction & Fantasy
Sale Date   07/31/2003
Sale Time   1pm PST
Low Estimate   $ 200
High Estimate   $ 300
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Description:
[i-ii blank], [4] ad pp., [6], 376 pp. Illustrated with 4 wood engraved plates including frontispiece. 6½x4¼, terra-cotta cloth, stamped in gilt, brown-coated endpapers. First American Edition.
First printing with signature mark 1 present; although BAL states no sequence has been established, it does note that the 1892 reprint did not have the mark. Also, first issue with "Nearly Ready" present on fourth page of ads for the title "Pink and White Tyranny." BAL 167.
Condition:
Spine leaning, mild soiling, joint ends with slight tears, corners lightly bumped; hinges tender, middle signatures a bit off-centered; about very good.
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