New York: The Century Co, 1901. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Green cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in gilt, red and black onto upper board and spine, 12mo (6-7/8 inches [17.6 cm] tall), pp. 153, illustrated title page. Volume with modest wear, scuffs and bumps, text block with an occasional spot of soil and a thin tide line to top edge of some leaves (aprox. 24) not affecting text, else text unmarked. The first issue, in green cloth with gold sky illustration stamped onto front cover. The author's first book and a very popular story of a southern family coping with poverty and money issues. Successfully filmed four times, the 1934 release starred Pauline Lord and W.C. Fields. The book was also adapted into a radio series which aired from 1935 to 1938. Ref. Blanck, p.114 ; Ahearn (2011), p. 336.

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Bookseller: Harropian Books, IOBA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2179
Title: Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (Books into Film)
Author: Hegan, Alice Caldwell
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Publisher: The Century Co
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1901
Bookseller catalogs: Modern First Editions;

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Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).

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Bumps: Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...