ISBN10: 0316593621, ISBN13: 9780316593625, [publisher: Little Brown, Boston] Hardcover First Edition First edition, first printing. 356pp, Appendix A: Mrs Jarley's Waxworks; Appendix B: Early Sketches by the Alcott Sisters, index. With an introduction by Madeline B Stern. Near fine pink boards, grey spine, silver letters, little discoloration on back end papers, small soil mark on 1 page, name inside on a bookplate of the Orchard House, Concord MA-"Home of Little Women." Fine illustrated jacket in protective plastic. "Alcott.lived a life rich in experience. From the time of her youth.she struggled to support her family, providing domestic services to wealthy households while she anonymously sold shocking thrillers to the tabloids of her day. Yet.she was drawn ino the world of the literary elite of Concord.the journals are filled with her admiration for.some of the masters of American literature, including Emerson, Hawthorne and Thoreau. Alcott's subjects range from her experience as a Civil War nurse in Georgetown DC to her grand tours abroad, to Hawthorne's funeral.and from the standards of Concord society to volatile political issues of the day.references, never intended for publication, to abolition, Civil War, educational reform and the rights of women."
[Pittsfield, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1989]

Boston: Little, Brown, Date: 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good now in mylar sleeve. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2", 356 pages. "To protect this precious privacy, she left explicit instructions that the journals be destroyed upon her death. It is only due to the wisdom of those who first discovered the journals and preserved them that we have this wonderful narrative today. Label on free front end page reading "For the library of the Orchard House, Concord, Mass. The Home of "Little Women". Previous owner's name inked on free front end page. 1989. Little, Brown ISBN 0316593621 9780316593625 [US]