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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm: Illustrated Holiday Edition
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Webster, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston / New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1910. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Yohn, F.C. [Frederick Coffey]. First printing of the Illustrated Holiday Edition. Front hinge just beginning to weaken, edges rubbed and lightly foxed, pencil name and address on front endpaper. 1910 Hard Cover. 327 pp. Original green cloth, gilt titles and decorations, color frontispiece by F.C. Yohn, eight plates in text from photographs of the play. "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a classic American 1903 children's novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Rebecca Rowena Randall goes to live with her two stern aunts in the village of Riverboro in Maine. Her joy for life ends up inspiring them. She faces many trials in her young life, but comes through them with more wisdom and understanding. Wiggin wrote a sequel, New Chronicles of Rebecca. Eric Wiggin, a great nephew of the author, wrote updated versions of several Rebecca books, including a concluding story.
Synopsis
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a classic American 1903 children's novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Rebecca Rowena Randall goes to live with her two stern aunts in the village of Riverboro in Maine. Her joy for life ends up inspiring them. She faces many trials in her young life, but comes through them with more wisdom and understanding. Wiggin wrote a sequel, New Chronicles of Rebecca.
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- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Muse Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2329805
- Title
- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm: Illustrated Holiday Edition
- Author
- Wiggin, Kate Douglas
- Illustrator
- Yohn, F.C. [Frederick Coffey]
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston / New York
- Date Published
- 1910
- Weight
- 1.38 lbs
- Keywords
- CLASSICS FICTION LITERATURE
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Yesterday's Muse Inc. is an independent used & rare bookseller that has been in operation for over 15 years. We opened our first 'brick and mortar' storefront in December of 2008 in our hometown of Webster, NY.Owner Jonathan Smalter is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), former vice president of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), both of which are trade organizations created to promote ethical online selling practices, and to encourage continuing education among fellow booksellers. He is also a 2011 graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS). He has nearly 20 years of experience in the book trade, during which time he has become adept at evaluating used and collectible books.
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