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Wiggin, Kate Douglas. Penelope's Experiences in England. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1901.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nicely (non personalized) inscribed and SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper. Very good or better with no major flaws. (box 15)
Seller: Bruce Davidson Books, Arlington, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: Gilt decorations on cloth, t. e. g, 1900 on copyright page; Very good, spine ends worn, spine slightly dulled, endpaper inscription.
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Wiggin Douglas Kate. Penelope's English Experiences.. Houghton Mifflin, 1901.
Price: US$74.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo hardcover volume in green gold embossed cloth binding. Small spot lower right corner minor wear boards tight. Front end paper cracked. Signed by Wiggin on end paper. Contents quite good with a coupe spots no foxing.
Seller: Antique Emporium, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$105.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two hardcover volumes in Very Good condition, 12mo, pages: Vol I:xi,176, Vol.II:xi301. Green cloth with titles and floral decoration in gilt, top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed, 53 and 55 illustrations by Brock in Vols. I & II, respectively. Each volume with a warm inscription on front free end-paper by Wiggin, "To Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell / With the author's love / & with many remembrances / of their friendly / hospitality / Kate Douglas Wiggin / June 1905" and in Vol.II, "We have traveled together / before, Salemina, Francesca / and I and we / know the very worst / there is to know about / one another / Kate Douglas Wiggin / To Mr. and Mrs. Weli?? Mitchell / june 1905"; Light wear to corners and spine ends, minor soiling, spine darkened, leaves sl tanned, Vol.II hinge starting and p.165/166 torn w/loss, sm 1 cm cut to top of spine, some pages unopened. Bookseller accession no.: 14731. Extra postage will be required for international shipment of this 2-volume set.
Seller: Ulysses Books, Michael L. Muilenberg, Bookseller, Trumansburg, NY, U.S.A.
Wiggin, Kate Douglas. Penelope's Irish Experiences. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1901.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Description: Near Fine in the publisher's decorative green cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in black (shamrocks) and gilt (still brilliant). 329pps. No dustjacket. There is very mild rubbing to the spine-ends and a plastic bar-code label affixed to the rear pastedown. Otherwise clean and bright. The binding is square and sound; both hinges are fine. An excellent copy of a book by the writer perhaps better known for 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm' (1903). SIGNED and inscribed by the author ('Never forget that your mother was a McGrill!') on a card affixed to the ffep. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.
Seller: Nooks Of Books , Elkins Park, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: vi, 329p. Quarter light brown morocco over marbled boards with marbled end papers. WITH SIGNED INSCRIPTION TO HER HUSBAND GEORGE C. RIGGS on the inside front blank dated 1901. Almost entirely unopened. Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923) was an American educator, author and composer. Her most famous work Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Light rubbing to the front hinge and a tiny chip in the headband otherwise internally clean. An important novel with a personal inscription by the author.
Seller: Rosenlund Rare Books & Manuscripts, Basking Ridge, NJ, U.S.A.
Wiggin, Kate Douglas. Penelope"s Irish Experiences. Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1901.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Spine darkened. "Authors copy. 1st edition of Penelope's Irish Experiences printed with 80 lines of text omitted by mistake. See page 325 K.S.M." First state per BAL 22625. Includes corrections annotated by Wiggin.
Seller: Collectorsemall, Rialto, CA, U.S.A.