Hitty: Her First Hundred Years.: With Illustrations by Dorothy P. Lathrop
by Field, Rachel
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A FINE PRESENTATION COPY
GIVEN TO CANADIAN FRIENDS WITH WHOM THE AUTHOR VISITED
FIELD, Rachel. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years. With Illustrations of Dorothy P. Lathrop. 4to, original cloth (rubbed; front cover and spine faded to green), printed label (browned; with one corner chipped), colored frontispiece, pp. 207 + 2 color plates (edges of the 45% of the book slightly stained at lower blank margins). New York: Macmillan, [May] 1930.
Early edition of the author's most famous book; a classic juvenile illustrated by Dorothy Lathrop. First printed October, 1929, reprinted twice in December, 1929, and this copy a May, 1930, reprint. The book was awarded the Newberry Medal in June 1930, the month before this copy was presented by Field to some Canadian friends. Not a prime copy, but a fine association copy, inscribed to family friends: "For Docia [Eudocia Dewey Jones] and little Docia [Docia Flynt Jones Horton] with such pleasant memories of my glimpse of them in Victoria [British Columbia]-with much affection, Rachel Field 1930." Below the inscription is a photographic snapshot of Field with the recipients on a bridge with The Empress Hotel, Victoria, in the background, under which is written "Rachel to us! Victoria July-1930." Tipped-in is a Canadian National Telegram from Field to the Docia Jones, 1 July 1930, announcing the arrival of her steamer the next day, "and would love to see you if you could manage it but will understand if you can't with love, Rachel Field." Tipped-in on front end paper is the announcement of the awarding of the Newberry Medal, and also tipped-in are two ALs's from Field to Docia Jones, totaling eight pages; one a 4-page letter, April 17, 1929, about the author's books: "Of course I am delighted to har that you and little Dorcia approve of the little books ad that they have found their way and made friends outin what still seems to me a very far away part of the world. I'm afraid it will be a long time before any 'first editions' of mine get to be collectors items...Have you read 'Little Dog Toby' as well as 'Polly Patchwork.'...I like the story as well as any I have done. I'm now hard at work on a couple of new books for next Fall. One is to be about an early American doll named 'Hitty'. Thank heaven, I need not do the pictures too-I much prefer the writing...Mother will be writing you all about our family, so I'll spare you a repititionary recital. With ever so many thanks and hoping you still continue to remember we 'played together'. Rachel." The second, also 4-pages, July 27, 1930, from Sutton Island, Maine, is a chatty letter about her mother, travels, pictures of "Hitty", sending them this copy of "Hitty,", etc. "I wanted you to have this copy from me to remind you of our day together...my love and so many thanks to the four Joneses. Affectionately Rachel." Dorcia Jones Horton has written out two poems by Rachel Field at the end, one on verso of the last page, the other on blank binder's leaf, and her birth and death dates. A wonderful association copy, clearly loved.
Synopsis
Hitty Her First Hundred Years is a memoir written in the voice of a doll, Mehitabel, or Hitty for short, constructed in 1822 from the wood of a Mountain Ash tree from Ireland by a peddler stranded during a winter storm at a house in Maine. After giving the doll to the young daughter of the house, Phoebe, whose father is a captain on a whaling ship, Hitty embarks on many adventures throughout the world, meeting many interesting people along the way. The adventures of Hitty were inspired by a doll purchased by the author, Rachel Fields, which now resides at the Stockbridge Library Association in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, was awarded the Newbery Medal of Excellence in 1930. Hitty was rewritten by Susan Jeffers and Rosemary Wells in 1999, updated, simplified, and released as Rachel Field’s Hitty , and with an addition of the doll’s experiences during the American Civil War.
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- Bookseller
- Howard S. Mott, Inc (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1064
- Title
- Hitty: Her First Hundred Years.
- Author
- Field, Rachel
- Illustrator
- Dorothy P. Latrop
- Format/Binding
- Original patterned cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Juvenile
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