Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May - 1982

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1982. First Edition Thus. Full Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illustrated By Ben Stahl. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (tall). One of the more unusual and interesting Franklin Library editions. Bound in full red leather, gilt-stamped and decorated spine and covers, large oval color pictorial label at center of front cover (showing five young women singing around a piano), spine with raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, silk bookmarker. Housed in publisher's heavy red cloth slipcase stamped in gilt (slipcase has some minor staining and wear; bookplate on front endpaper of book). An attractive leather bound illustrated issue of the classic two-part children's novel.