Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1903 First Edition
$125.00
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Hardcover, 8vo. Green cloth with green pastedown on cover. Some sunning to the spine and rubbing at head and toe. Spine has a slight lean (see photos), but is otherwise secure. Some chipping to paper pastedown on cover. Inscription to previous owner in pen on ffep, dated 1915. First edition, third impression, published October 1903. Interior is free from marks or foxing bar the inscription. Rare copy in good condition.
Kate Douglas Wiggin (September 28, 1856 – August 24, 1923) was an American educator and author of children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the Silver Street Free Kindergarten). With her sister during the 1880s, she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Kate Wiggin devoted her adult life to the welfare of children in an era when children were commonly thought of as cheap labor. [Wikipedia]
Hardcover, 8vo. Green cloth with green pastedown on cover. Some sunning to the spine and rubbing at head and toe. Spine has a slight lean (see photos), but is otherwise secure. Some chipping to paper pastedown on cover. Inscription to previous owner in pen on ffep, dated 1915. First edition, third impression, published October 1903. Interior is free from marks or foxing bar the inscription. Rare copy in good condition.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Hardcover, 8vo. Green cloth with green pastedown on cover. Some sunning to the spine and rubbing at head and toe. Spine has a slight lean (see photos), but is otherwise secure. Some chipping to paper pastedown on cover. Inscription to previous owner in pen on ffep, dated 1915. First edition, third impression, published October 1903. Interior is free from marks or foxing bar the inscription. Rare copy in good condition.
Kate Douglas Wiggin (September 28, 1856 – August 24, 1923) was an American educator and author of children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the Silver Street Free Kindergarten). With her sister during the 1880s, she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Kate Wiggin devoted her adult life to the welfare of children in an era when children were commonly thought of as cheap labor. [Wikipedia]
Hardcover, 8vo. Green cloth with green pastedown on cover. Some sunning to the spine and rubbing at head and toe. Spine has a slight lean (see photos), but is otherwise secure. Some chipping to paper pastedown on cover. Inscription to previous owner in pen on ffep, dated 1915. First edition, third impression, published October 1903. Interior is free from marks or foxing bar the inscription. Rare copy in good condition.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Hardcover, 8vo. Green cloth with green pastedown on cover. Some sunning to the spine and rubbing at head and toe. Spine has a slight lean (see photos), but is otherwise secure. Some chipping to paper pastedown on cover. Inscription to previous owner in pen on ffep, dated 1915. First edition, third impression, published October 1903. Interior is free from marks or foxing bar the inscription. Rare copy in good condition.
Kate Douglas Wiggin (September 28, 1856 – August 24, 1923) was an American educator and author of children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the Silver Street Free Kindergarten). With her sister during the 1880s, she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Kate Wiggin devoted her adult life to the welfare of children in an era when children were commonly thought of as cheap labor. [Wikipedia]
Hardcover, 8vo. Green cloth with green pastedown on cover. Some sunning to the spine and rubbing at head and toe. Spine has a slight lean (see photos), but is otherwise secure. Some chipping to paper pastedown on cover. Inscription to previous owner in pen on ffep, dated 1915. First edition, third impression, published October 1903. Interior is free from marks or foxing bar the inscription. Rare copy in good condition.