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REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
-
Blue Hill, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston and NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. First edition, second state. Hardcover. Good +. 5 x 7 1/2 in. x, 327 pgs. Green pictoral cloth boards with green lettering and borders, publisher's name and hollyhocks on spine, and publisher's name in 1/8 inch type at base of spine. First edition, 2nd state with "Don't turn in at the side" on pg 325, "Glowing on the October sun" on 327. Condition is GOOD+ ; two-inch tear along front lower hinge, corners and ends of spine somewhat worn, spine somewhat faded, but clean and nice overall. Text very clean. Small ding to edge of text block at edge of about 10 pgs near end. Binding tight.
Synopsis
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a classic American 1903 children's novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Rebecca Rowena Randall goes to live with her two stern aunts in the village of Riverboro in Maine. Her joy for life ends up inspiring them. She faces many trials in her young life, but comes through them with more wisdom and understanding. Wiggin wrote a sequel, New Chronicles of Rebecca.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38323
- Title
- REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM
- Author
- Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, second state
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston and NY
- Date Published
- 1903
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
Blue Hill, Maine
About Andre Strong Bookseller
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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