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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

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Author: Wiggin, Kate Douglas (1856-1923)

Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin

Edition: First Edition, Second Printing

Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket

First Edition, Second Printing. BAL’s tentative 2nd printing, with “Don’t turn in at the side,” (p.325, line 9); and “n the sun of that October noon” (p.327, line 13). Second state binding with spine imprint in letters 1/8″ high. [BAL 22632] 8vo; 7.25 by 4.75 inches; [1] ad, x, 327, [1] pp. Title-page in green and black. green cloth pictorially stamped in colors. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. A lovely collectible copy.. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a classic American children’s novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin that tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall and her aunts, one stern and one kind, in the fictional village of Riverboro, Maine. Rebecca’s joy for life inspires her aunts, as she faces many trials in her young life, gaining wisdom and understanding. [wiki]. The story was filmed three times. Shirley Temple played Rebecca in the more freely interpreted adaptation of 1938. Ref: BAL 22632; Blanck-Penrod, 121