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Lot of Louisa M. Alcott Books(9)

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1926 LITTLE WOMEN BOOK BY LOUISA M ALCOTT VINTAGE ANTIQUE: 1926 LITTLE WOMEN BOOK BY LOUISA M ALCOTT VINTAGE ANTIQUE

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ANTIQUE 19TH CENT BOOKS SIGNED BY LOUISA M ALCOTT: A set of four antique hardcover books. Augustine Birrell, Obiter Dicta, First Series, NY Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897, has a handwritten inscription on the flyleaf. Handbook of Penmanship, Wilson Hin

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Lot of 6 Vintage Books: various titles and dates including Little Women 1933 Louisa M. Alcott, Robert Lois Stevenson Indian Voyage. Condition wear on all

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Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott: Book Title: Little Women Author: Louisa M. Alcott Publishing: Little, Brown, 1926 Hardcover 397 pages, plus one editorial ad page 8 full page color illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith Size: 6 x 8.75

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1926 1ed Little Women Louisa May Alcott Clara M. Burd Illustrated March Sisters: 1926 1ed Little Women Louisa May Alcott Clara M. Burd Illustrated March Sisters Louisa May Alcotts classic novel, â€œLittle Women” chronicles the lives of the four March sistersâ€”Meg,

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1896 Little Women Louisa May Alcott Clara M. Burd Illustrated March Sisters: 1896 Little Women Louisa May Alcott Clara M. Burd Illustrated March Sisters Louisa May Alcotts classic novel, â€œLittle Women” chronicles the lives of the four March sistersâ€”Meg, Jo,

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Very clean 1st edition Little Men by Louisa M. Alcott: Very clean 1st edition Little Men by Louisa M. Alcott. Published 1871 by Roberts Brothers. Dated 1871 on title and copyright pages. Four ads with Pink and White Tyranny ad Nearly Ready. Very clean exa

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Jo's Boys by Louisa M. Alcott: Jo's Boys by Louisa M. Alcott

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Louisa Alcott, Little Men, 1924, illustrated by Reginald Birch: "Little Men" by Louisa M. Alcott; illustrated in color by Reginald Birch. Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys, published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1922, copyright by Little, Brown & Company,

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Louisa Alcott, Little Women, 1922, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith: "Little Women" by Louisa M. Alcott; illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1922, copyright by Little, Brown & Company, 1915. First Edition for the illustr

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Louisa Alcott, Jo's Boys, Sequel to Little Men, 1925, illustrated by Clara Burd: "Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out". A Sequel to "Little Men" by Louisa M. Alcott; illustrated in color by Clara M. Burd. Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys, published by Little, Brown and Company, Bost

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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Vintage Book: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Vintage Illustrated Book published by Grosset & Dunlap circa 1947, upholstered cover, measures approx 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. Surface wear. Little women by Louisa m

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Alcott's Marjorie's Three Gifts: Heading: Author: Alcott, Louisa M. Title: Marjorie’s Three Gifts Place Published: Boston Publisher:Little, Brown Date Published: 1899 Description: [2], 41, [2] (ads) plus f

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LOUISA ALCOTT'S PEOPLE-1936-Thomas Fogarty Illustrated: Title: LOUISA ALCOTT'S PEOPLE-1936-Thomas Fogarty Illustrated Provenance/Additional Info: by Becker, May Lamberton (From The Books Of Louisa Alcott). About this Item: Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1936

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Lot of vintage books - Louisa May Alcott and Ernest: Lot of vintage books - Louisa May Alcott and Ernest Hemingway

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79 Easton Press Leather Bound Books: 80 leather bound books - 79 Easton Press and 1 Harvard Classics. 77 Easton Press The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written: Louisa May Alcott Little Women, Victor Hugo Les Miserables, Victor Hugo The Hunchb

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Nine miscellaneous books by author, Louisa M. Alcott. C. 1890; 7in. X 5in. #190002

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