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2 vols. 341 + [10] ad; 357 + [8] ad pp. 6¾x4¼, original purple cloth stamped in gilt on front covers & spines.

Both parts of Little Women. The first part was first published in 1868; this is perhaps the fourth 1869 printing, with the statement referring to Little Women, Part Two, present at the foot of p.341, but without the Part One statement yet added to the spine. Part Two is the second state of the first edition, with notice for Little Women, Part First present on p.iv, p.[364] with four entries, p.[366] with "Handy Volume Series/ I. / Happy Thoughts." BAL 158 & 159.