Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Hard bound in green cloth covered boards - 1903

"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" by Kate Douglas Wiggin was first published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company of Boston and New York and printed by The Riverside Press of Cambridge in 1903. This First Edition copy contains all the points of the first printing (Bibliography of American Literature – P. 325, line 9: ...Don't go to the side door; P. 237, line 13: ...in the sun of that October noon; and first binding with spine imprint in letters 1/16 inch high. Included with this book is an authentic photo of, and signed by, Kate Douglas Wiggin. The book, which measures approximately 5 x 7 ½ inches, contains 327 pages and is hard bound in green cloth covered boards. The book's pages are all in very good condition. The covers show minor signs of wear along the edges, corners and top and bottom of the spine. The signed photo of Kate Douglas Wiggin is lightly foxed, but rare. The illustrations above show the book's front cover, it's Title page, a two-page spread indicating the condition of the printed pages, and the signed photo of Kate Douglas Wiggin. 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]