REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM
by Wiggin Kate Douglas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, [1907]. Early printing. 8vo, publisher’s original green cloth lettered in light green, with pictorial decorations in colours on the upper cover and spine. x, 327 pp/ A sturdy copy, some age and evidence of use, the hinges are tight and strong, the textblock is clean. A CLASSIC OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Wiggin 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, but she faces many trials in her young life, gaining wisdom and understanding.
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
- Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31038
- Title
- REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM
- Author
- Wiggin Kate Douglas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset and Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1907]
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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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.