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WIGGIN, KATE DOUGLAS : REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM

WIGGIN, Kate Douglas. REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903. First edition, first issue. There is an ink ownership on flyleaf, the spine is a little sunned and worn. A very good copy., Very Good. Illustr: FE

Wiggin, Kate Douglas : Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, MA, 1903

First Edition, First Issue. Original publisher's dark green cloth binding. Color illustrations and decorations on front cover and spine. Medium green lettering on front cover and spine. 5" x 7 1/2." 327 pages, complete. Former owner's name printed on a piece of paper tipped in on front pastedown: "Jerome A. Blanchard." Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning, the small occasional mark, and the former owner's bookplate. Covers are virtually pristine and intact except for minuscule bumping to corners and head and tail of spine. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. Printed by the Riverside Press of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923) was an American author, educator, social activist, and composer. Wiggin founded the first free kindergarten of San Francisco in 1878, the Silver Street Free Kindergarten. She devoted the rest of her life to the welfare of children and also helped establish over sixty kindergartens in San Francisco and Oakland with her sister, Nora Smith. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903) is a children's novel and coming-of-age story about Rebecca Rowena Randall. Due to her family's financial hardships, Rebecca is sent to live with her two aunts, Miranda and Jane Sawyer, in the fictional town of Riverboro, Maine. Miranda is strict and disapproving, but Jane takes Rebecca under her wing and teaches her how to sew and cook and other household skills. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm was adapted into a Broadway play in 1909 and adapted three times for film in 1917, 1932, and 1938.. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover

1st Edition

Wiggin, Kate Douglas : Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

William Morrow, N Y, 1994

ISBN 0688134815

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 294 pages. Books of Wonder Series. Color and b&w illustrations by Helen Mason Grose. Light edge wear.. Illustr.: Grose, Helen Mason. Children's. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good

Wiggin, Kate Douglas : Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Golden Press, Racine, Wisconsin, 1965

ISBN 0307122123

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight edge wear to cover. 254 pages. A Golden Illustrated classic -- illustrated by June Goldsborough.. Illustr.: Goldsborough, June. Children's. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket

Wiggin, Kate Douglas : REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM

Houghton, Mifflin & Co, 1904

Poor condition. Selling AS IS. Green covers/color illustrations. Spine cover sompletely separated on one side. Spine ends are damaged. Still the covers look quite nice. Usual library/discard markings showing. Text is clean with some foxing throughout. Inked ownerships. Front hinge almost completely separated making a few front pages quite loose. Rest of text is shaky. Page 3/4 has a one inch piece missing at bottom by hinge. Does not interfere with wording. Rear hinge still attached. Still an early edition. Free gift wrapping, card and drop shipping. Let us know the occasion and message. ; Ex-Lib; Small 8vo; 327 pages, P

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