Good Wives
by Louisa M. Alcott
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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cremona, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London and Glasgow: Collins, 1960 HC and DJ. 7 1/3 x 5. 256 pp. The most familiar and well-loved family, described in a series book for children must be the March family. "Good Wives" is the sequel to "Little Women" - the same wonderf ul characters - Jo, Meg, Amy, Beth and others. This copy has a nice dj with illustration of the 4 girls in period dresses. Very min wear to edges. Rear of dj has 3/4" tear at top. New mylar protector. Exceptionally clean. Blue textured paper binding has silver lettering and embossed seagull on front cover. Very clean, bright. Endpapers are white; no former owner's name. Front free endpaper has lig ht foxing. Other endpapers, front and rear are without foxing. One the rear of dj is a list of other books in the Collins Seagull Library. Text is tight and very clean. A charming copy of this delight ful book. Dj: v. good. Binding: good-v. good. Text: v. good..
Synopsis
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women: or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy (1868) was written in response to a request from Roberts Brothers. The publisher wanted a coming-of-age novel that could appeal to young female readers, so Alcott used her own family and childhood as inspiration. The semi-autobiographical account, which was written in less than three months, was an instant success. Alcott immediately wrote a second volume, Little Women, Part Two (or Second), which was published in 1869. In 1881, Part Two became chapters 24-47 of Little Women as both texts were revised, reillustrated and republished in a single volume by Roberts Brothers. British editions of both volumes of Little Women appeared soon after it was published in Boston. However, Alcott had not been able to secure copyright for her work in Great Britain and a number of publishers took advantage of the opportunity to reprint it without her consent. In several cases, Part Two was given a new title, such as Little Women Wedded (Sampson Low, 1872), Little Women Married (Sampson Low, 1873), Nice Wives (Weldon & Co., 1875), and finally, Good Wives (Nisbet, 1895). Good Wives: Little Women, Part II, was also published solo by Connecticut-based Longmeadow Press in 1995.
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- Bookseller
- Ghost River Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002582
- Title
- Good Wives
- Author
- Louisa M. Alcott
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London and Glasgow: Collins, 1960
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S LIT AGES 10 - 14
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Lit Ages 10 - 14;
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