c1910 Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott- Illustrated Antique Book

With lovely Art Nouveau boards, here is an antique copy of Louisa May Alcott's Good Wives, following on from Little Women. Undated, but research shows it would have been published around 1910 or possibly slightly earlier. With eight super illustrations by Adolf Thiede. More details below.

Inside the pages are clean and tightly bound with just the odd faint dark mark or blemish. Has a prize bookplate on the verso of the front free endpaper, dated 1911. No other writing or markings of previous ownership. Has four colour and four black and white illustrations. All edges are shiny gilt. The book has developed a slight lean.

In very attractive lavender-purple cloth backed boards. With gilt and blind-stamped Art Nouveau decoration to the front, and gilt to the spine. The colour on the spine has faded/tanned a good deal in comparison to the front and back. The gilt remains shiny bright. Has some rubbing and fraying to the cloth at the spine head (see close-up photo). Plus some slight rubbing around the extremities.

Your antique copy of Good Wives will be wrapped with care in tissue and ribbon* and sent well packaged. I am always happy to add a gift card with a message to the parcel if desired.

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H 20 cm x W 15 cm, pp 274, 0.81 kg. I dispatch daily.

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