Penelope's Irish Experiences by Wiggin, Kate Douglas - 1901

London:: Gay & Hancock, Ltd.,. Good w moderate shlfwr & dull cvrs.. 1909.. Red cloth binding, teg. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. VG. 1901. Green shamrock binding, gilt lettering. Spine edge wear, owner name, old bookstore sticker. .

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1901 329pp. Tips and spine ends are heavily bumped and heavily rubbed. Spine ends have heavy chipping and small tears. Spine is heavily sunned and has many water stains. Edges of baords are sunned. Boards have stains, scuffs and scratches. Entirety of top edge of both boards are bumped causing creases to the boards. Spine is cocked and heaivly shaken. Inside boards have glue bubbles. Pages are toning along the edges. Top edge of text block is heavily dust stained. Reading copy only, May have other flaws. . Reprint. Hardcover. Poor/No Dust Jacket.

Aegypan, 2008-06-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Aegypan, 2008-06-01. Paperback. Good.

New York: HoughtonMifflin & Co, 1901. Very Good. First edition. Very good minus Front free endpaper is missing, clean text, decorative cloth covers are slightly soiled and worn on spine edges.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1901. Red cloth. Extremities rubbed, front hinge reglued: VG-/no dj. 12mo. BAL 22625: First edition, apparently 2nd issue with imprint on page 330, no rear blank and "like to go to Bray" on page 12, line 10 (etc.)

Paperback / softback. New.

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good+. 1901. Reprint; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "In 1881, Kate married (Samuel) Bradley Wiggin, a San Francisco lawyer. According to the customs of the time, she was required to resign her teaching job. Still devoted to her school, she began to raise money for it through writing, first The Story of Patsy (1883) , then The Birds' Christmas Carol (1887). Both privately printed books were issued commercially by Houghton Mifflin in 1889, with enormous success. Kate Wiggin had no children. She moved to New York City in 1888. When her husband died suddenly in 1889, Kate relocated to Maine. For the rest of her life she grieved, but she also traveled as frequently as she could, dividing her time between writing, visits to Europe, and giving public reading for the benefit of various… Read More

Gay and Hancock, Ltd, London, 1909. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Charles E. Brock. List of illustrations. The black-and-white illustrated frontispiece and all of the drawings within the text have been created by Charles E. Brock. Red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured embossed titles to the front panel and gilt coloured illustrations and titles to the back strip. Red coloured place marker which is frayed at the end. A fictional journey around Ireland by Penelope in the early part of the 20th century. Chipping to the top back strip edge and rubbing to all other edges. Some marks to the book panels. Surprisingly, only light tanning of the text block edges and pages. Foxing to the first few and last few pages of the book. Gift inscription to the page following the free front end page. Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). 335, [1] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Charles E. Brock. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight:… Read More