LITTLE MEN by Alcott, Louisa May - 1871

1871. Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. 4 pp preliminary undated ads. Original green cloth decorated in gilt. First American Edition, published about two weeks after the London one. This is Louisa May Alcott's sequel to her vastly-successful book for children LITTLE WOMEN (two volumes, 1868-1869), in which she had portrayed her own childhood in New England -- with herself as the model for "Jo," and her sisters May, Elizabeth and Anna as (respectively) "Amy," "Beth" and "Meg." This copy is in green cloth (purple and terra-cotta were also available, without priority), and is of the second issue, with "Nan" the first word of line 5 on p. 146 (earlier it was "now"), and without "Nearly Ready" at the top of the PINK AND WHITE TYRANNY ad. This is a near-fine, bright copy (some very faint mottling of the cloth, spine gilt slightly rubbed). Blanck 167.