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Penelope's English Experiences; Penelope's Progress (Two Volumes) by Wiggin, Kate Douglas - 1900
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1900. Book. Illus. by Charles E. Brock, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Holiday Edition.. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1900. Holiday Edition. Very Good+/no dustjacket . Charles E. Brock, Illustrator. Two matching volumes, one of them (Volume II) inscribed and signed by author Kate Douglas Wiggin. VOLUME I: Penelope's English Experiences. Date on title page MDCCCC (1900). Olive green cloth decorated and lettered in gold on cover and spine, blind-stamped decorative border on rear board. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Light wear to spine corners. Pages and edges are clean, with gilt page edges. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Frontis illustration with clean tissue guard. Fifty-three illustrations by Charles E. Brock. 176 pages. VOLUME II - Penelope's Progress - Being Such extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton as relate to her Experiences in Scotland. Olive green cloth boards with gold decoration and lettering on cover and spine. Spots of wear to spine corners. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with gilt page edges. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper: "Give me Queen's weather, dear Sun, and shine a benison upon my wedding-morn! - Last page - Kate Douglas Wiggin." (She is quoting a line from the last page). Frontis illustration with clean tissue guard; fifty-five illustrations by Charles E. Brock. Date on title page MDCCCCI (1901). 301 pages..
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- Keywords PENELOPE'S EXPERIENCES - ENGLAND; KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, DECORATED AMERICAN TRADE BINDING, DATB, CHILDREN'S, TRAVEL, SCOTLAND, ENGLAND
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The Secret of the Ninth Planet
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Biggles Looks Back
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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
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Superman: The Adventures of Superman: Based on the Cartoon Character Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster; Forward by Josette Frank
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Miss Ulysses From Puka-Puka: The Autobiography of a South Sea Trader's Daughter
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Going To the Doctor (First Experiences Series)
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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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Black boards with silver writing on spine; dings on top of front and back boards near corners. Top and bottom corners of front boards bumped; top and bottom of spine rumpled. Chip and wrinkles on top edge of front dust jacket; chip on corner of back dust jacket near fold to spine. Shelf wear on top and bottom of dust jacket spine; tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. Cover price of $17.99 on front dust jacket flap, which has slight wrinkle at top of flap.Dutton First Edition; Thirty-First Printing as indicated by number line ending of "40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31" on copyright page. Signed by author on second interior page. Red cloud image with Target logo and advertising Bonus DVD from author with behind-the scenes looks at the movie.Green's second novel, which became his most famous one and has been made into a movie. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
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Doonesbury Classics
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