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WITH A SIGNED COPY ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY. Group of 7 volumes, including a Signed copy. 8vo, publisher's pictorial cloth, condition varies, but overall

WITH A SIGNED COPY ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY. Group of 7 volumes, including a Signed copy. 8vo, publisher's pictorial cloth, condition varies, but overall quite good, noted below. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1880s

  • Notes: The books in this lot descend from the family line of Caroline Severence, noted suffragist and social reformer who was a close friend of the Alcotts, notably A. Bronson, Louisa's father.
    All but A Garland for Girls and the 1890 edition of Life, Letters, and Journals are first editions, first printings. All but one bear an inscription from a member of the Severence family or Burrage (Caroline's son-in-law's) family.
    Lulu's Library, Volumes 1-3 (first two in mustard cloth, last in red). Volume 2 is
    signed l. m. alcott
    on front blank. 1886-89 * A Garland for Girls. Shaken and scuffed. 1889 * Life, Letters, and Journals. First and Second Editions. 1889; 1890 (dampstained and with no inscription) * Comic Tragedies by Jo and Meg. 1893.

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