Hardcover
1896 · Boston
by Alcott, Louisa May; Merrill, Frank T. (Illust.); Garrett, Edmund H. (Illust.)
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1896. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," so Jo proclaims in the very first line of Louisa May Alcott's beloved book Little Women, which is here beautifully presented and bountifully illustrated in over 200 vignettes, plates, and tailpieces by Frank T. Merrill, as delightful and richly detailed as the yuletide presents for which the March sisters so yearn. This turn-of-the-century illustrated edition of Louisa May Alcott's enduring classic is sure to warm the heart and home of any booklover, just as Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy have welcomed readers to the warm hearth of Orchard House for the 150 years and counting since this beloved story was first published.
8 1/4" X 5 7/8". xvi, 586pp, plus four pages of ads. Bound in powder blue cloth over boards, with Frank T. Merrill's vignette of the March sisters dressing a bridal Meg bordered in a blooming rose trellis stamped in black, white, red, green, and brown to upper board, with rose bouquet to spine, lettered in dark green to both. Moderate wear to binding, with rubbing and sunning to faded spine, hard bumping to split corners, scattered rubbing, and light marks or soiling to cloth. Both inner hinges show signs of cracking and repair with archival adhesive. Binding remains sound. Gift inscription dated Xmas 1908 to front free endpaper, with faded numerical stamp to top corner. Pages are gently age-toned, with occasional spot of toning or foxing, or occasional small neat tear to margin, else unmarked. Illustrated in a frontispiece and over 200 vignettes, plates, and tailpieces designed by Frank T. Merrill and drawn, engraved, and printed under the supervision of George T. Andrew, with an illustration of Orchard House by Edmund H. Garrett. (Inventory #: 16345)
8 1/4" X 5 7/8". xvi, 586pp, plus four pages of ads. Bound in powder blue cloth over boards, with Frank T. Merrill's vignette of the March sisters dressing a bridal Meg bordered in a blooming rose trellis stamped in black, white, red, green, and brown to upper board, with rose bouquet to spine, lettered in dark green to both. Moderate wear to binding, with rubbing and sunning to faded spine, hard bumping to split corners, scattered rubbing, and light marks or soiling to cloth. Both inner hinges show signs of cracking and repair with archival adhesive. Binding remains sound. Gift inscription dated Xmas 1908 to front free endpaper, with faded numerical stamp to top corner. Pages are gently age-toned, with occasional spot of toning or foxing, or occasional small neat tear to margin, else unmarked. Illustrated in a frontispiece and over 200 vignettes, plates, and tailpieces designed by Frank T. Merrill and drawn, engraved, and printed under the supervision of George T. Andrew, with an illustration of Orchard House by Edmund H. Garrett. (Inventory #: 16345)
