Half-A-Dozen Housekeepers, A Story for Girls in Half-A-Dozen Chapters
- Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1903
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1903. Mills THOMPSON. [SIGNED] [CHILDREN'S]. Mills THOMPSON, illustrator. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. First edition. 12mo; 162pp; decorated mint-green cloth over board, a broom and dust mop festooned with a garland of pink roses on the front; author's inscription and signature on ffep; ad for the author's book The Posy Ring laid in; frontispiece and 5 additional b&w plates; light rubbing to board edges else fine. Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923) was an American educator and author of children's fiction, most notably The Bird's Christmas and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Some of her stories, including Half-A-Dozen Housekeepers, were first published in the St. Nicholas Magazine for children.
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Title
Half-A-Dozen Housekeepers, A Story for Girls in Half-A-Dozen Chapters
Author
WIGGIN, Kate Douglas
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Publisher
Henry Altemus Company: Philadelphia
Date
1903