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The preliminary pages carry the author's Prefatory Letter addressed 'To my Dear First Book', dated New York, April, 1912. This gentle story of the delicate Carol Bird, born on Christmas Day, was first published in 1886. Hardcover. [xvi], 91 pages, illustrations, 22 cm. Illustrations & text decorations throughout, printed in black & orange; dark green cloth covers, front cover & spine decorated in light green, orange & gold; spine & rear cover spotted, corners & top of spine worn, ink owner name; front-cover decoration near perfect, internally clean & good. Stock#26037/h.
The Birds' Christmas Carol by Wiggin, Kate Douglas - 1888
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas
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The Birds' Christmas Carol
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas
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Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1888. Hardcover. Later edition. Green cloth stamped w/black vignette. [8] 2-69 [2] pp.; Frontispiece and 15 engraved illustrations, one page of ads (included in pagination). Lightly worn edges, bright cover, toned on endpages, 1914 inscription on fly leaf. DJ retains the full cover illustrations and "561st Thousand" but is broken at the flaps and edges are chipped badly. Now in a clear cover. This sweet, classic story is for adults and children with themes of love, generosity and personal character. Wiggin was a popular children's author known today for the classic "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Prior to her literary fame, she started the first free kindergarten in the slums of Silver Street, San Francisco. She wrote The Birds Christmas (Xmas) Carol (and other works) to help raise funds for the school after her marriage. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 69 pages .
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- Book Condition Used - Very Good in Poor dust jacket
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- Publisher Houghton and Mifflin
- Place of Publication Boston
- Date Published 1888
- Keywords Christmas, FICTION, Families, Holiday Tradition, Classic Victorian fiction, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Tiny Tim, Christmas, Holiday Stories, Ghosts,
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The Birds' Christmas Carol.: Illustrated by Katharine R. Wireman.
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas, 1856-1923
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The Birds' Christmas Carol (A Watermill Classic)
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
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Watermill Classic, 1988-01-15. Paperback. Good. 0.5000 in x 6.8000 in x 3.8000 in. Paperback. Some surface/edge wear. Pages are good.
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THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas
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Houghton and Mifflin. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1886, 1912. Hardcover. 0-395-07205-0 . 8vo; 69 pages; The copyrite says 1912 but with the isbn number inside I am assuming it was printed after that. .
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The Birds' Christmas Carol (A Watermill Classic)
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The Birds' Christmas Carol (A Watermill Classic)
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
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The Birds' Christmas Carol
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The Birds' Christmas Carol
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
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Grosset & Dunlap, 1929-01-01. 1st THUS. Hardcover. Good. B000NXSYZ2 Unmarked text.
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