Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys
by Alcott, Louisa May
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor/No dust jacket
- Seller
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Midland, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. Hardcover. Poor/No dust jacket. Poor. No dust jacket. First edition, first issue with ads saying "pink and white tyranny" is "nearly ready. " Book cocked, half of spine missing, some signatures loose, rice-paper guardsheet missing from frontis illustration (frontis itself is present). In need of restoration.
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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- Bookseller
- Graver & Pen Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AIM_1701277214
- Title
- Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys
- Author
- Alcott, Louisa May
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- Boys Conduct of life Family Juvenile literature Nonfiction
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