The Writings of Kate Douglas Wiggin (Autograph Edition, 11 volumes)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1917. First Autograph Edition #72 of 500 copies. With the author's inscription on "Autograph Edition" page "The author says 'Good Morning" to her readers very often from the study. Kate Douglas Wiggin". Ten volumes plus the Autobiography. 8vo. Various paginations. Each volume with extra hand-colored plate inserted at front; special illustrated title page and color and black & white plates throughout. Beautifully bound in three-quarter red morocco with gilt lettering and decoration; marbled endpapers; top edges gilt; red silk ribbons. Occasional black marks on leather else a fine and lovely set. This ten volume set includes some of Wiggin's most enduring tales, travel sketches, educational essays, and poetry anthologies from her 40-year career, such as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, The Birds' Christmas Carol, the Penelope travel series, Golden Numbers and more. The 11th volume, My Garden of Memory: The Autobiography which was published after her death.