NMLP P-020148 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Little Women; or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy

Louisa May Alcott · Roberts Brothers (Boston) · 1868

US true first, 1868 (Part First). Part Second (the volume later known as 'Good Wives') appeared in 1869; a complete first set requires both with first-issue advertisement states. First-issue versus later-issue priority is determined by the rear-advertisement catalogue and binding states per BAL.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-020148 for "Little Women; or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy" by Louisa May Alcott (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-020148, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).