London: Gay and Bird, 1902. Pictorial cloth. Very Good. Claude A. Shepperson. WARMLY INSCRIBED (IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION) BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN on the front free endpaper. A very presentable copy to boot of the 1902 1st edition. Solid and VG in its beige, pictorial cloth, with rubbing along the spine and just a bit of light soiling to the panels. Decorative bookplate at the front pastedown, the author's initials (?) ("K.D.W (?) / 1902") along the upper margin of the title page. 12mo, nicely illustrated throughout in line-drawn black-and-white by Claude A. Shepperson.

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Bookseller: Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 21015
Title: The Diary of a Goose Girl
Author: Kate Douglas Wiggin
Illustrator: Claude A. Shepperson
Format/Binding: Pictorial cloth
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Gay and Bird
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1902
Keywords: rare children's books, rare Kate Douglas Wiggin, signed Kate Douglas Wiggin
Bookseller catalogs: Childrens;

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