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Hitty: Her First Hundred Years. (Signed by Author and Illustrator)
by Field, Rachel
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- Hardcover
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Schenectady, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929. Hardcover. Illustrated by Lathrop, Dorothy P.. 2nd printing, published in December 1929. 207pp. Cloth. B&W illustration affixed to front panel. Signed and inscribed by Dorothy P. Lathrop on the front free endpaper: "To Maria B. Metz / with all good wishes, / Dorothy P. Lathrop / Christmas 1929." Laid in is a slip signed and inscribed by Rachel Field: "With best wishes / Rachel Field / 1937." Also, an article on Dorothy P. Lathrop. 1930 Newbery Medal winner. Cloth is faded on the spine and worn along the edges. A very good- copy. ; Octavo.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35217
- Title
- Hitty: Her First Hundred Years. (Signed by Author and Illustrator)
- Author
- Field, Rachel
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Lathrop, Dorothy P.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- FICTION, Young Adults, Illustrated books, NEWBERY MEDAL AWARD WINNER, DOLLS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction and Literature; Children and Young Adults;
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About Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare
Parigi Books, established in 2006, is an independent antiquarian bookstore located in the heart of Schenectady, NY. We are open by appointment only.We buy and sell fine books and collectibles in all fields with a strong focus on science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, comics and graphic novels. Our eclectic taste is reflected in the ample variety of items available, from significant titles from the 1500s on to original comic art, from collectible paperbacks to literary magazines. We carry in stock the best selection of Italian language graphic novels and comics you can find this side of the pond.As fairly strict graders who pay particular attention to collecting standards, we have been able to make thousands of customers happy over the years.Parigi Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), and the Independent Online Booksellers' Association (IOBA).
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