[Rarebooks] FS: Deeply Discounted Signed copy of Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott

[Allington Books]

The below is for sale today for $1,850.  Payment due at purchase.  Credit
Card preferred.  Photographs are on ABE and will be sent by email upon
request.

Subject to prior sale.


Stephen Johnson
Allington Antiquarian Books, LLC
Rare and Collectible Books, both Antiquarian and Modern
www.allingtonbooks.com
336-414-0435

*Alcott, Louisa May*. *Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to
Little Men* [*Signed*]. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886. First edition. A
Very Good copy of the first edition, first printing, of this important
Alcott novel, *SIGNED BY LOUISA MAY ALCOTT* on the title page -- in the
first state mentioned in BAL with the closed page block bulking at 1 1/16
inches. (The second state mentioned in BAL is made of thinner paper and
bulks at 1 inch.) A Sequel to Little Men, "Jo's Boys" is one of Alcott's
best-known works, the others being "Little Women" and "Little Men". The
three works together comprise what is generally called the Little Women
series.  Alcott based the character "Jo" on herself and in "Jo's Boys" Jo's
children have grown up and now face real world problems and troubles. Set
ten years after Little Men, the novel follows the Plumfield boys which
Little Men introduced, focusing mainly on Tommy, Emil, Demi, Nat, and Dan,
as well as Jo's sons Rob and Teddy, and, of course, Professor Bhaer.
Others characters previously introduced in the series appear as well.
Signed copies of the book are, in our experience, exceedingly scarce. The
volume is mildly askew and shows some chipping to the spine ends, some
fading to the front board where it meets the spine, some fading to the rear
board, and wear to the board corners with a bit of rubbing through. The
hinges feel as if they have been reglued, leaving some small damage to the
pastedowns and each adjacent free endpaper. A Very Good copy of one of
Louisa May Alcott's most important works and a highly-notable work of
American Literature as well, SIGNED BY LOUISA MAY ALCOTT. EXCEEDINGLY
SCARCE.                                    Very Good. Hardcover. (#5642)