Hitty Her First Hundred Years

Rachel Field

Published by The Macmillan Company, New York, NY, 1929

About this Item

Hardcover without dust jacket. Fading and rubbing wear noted to edges, corners and head and tail of spine. Spine is tight and book intact. Pages slightly brownish with age but clean and unmarked with both color and B & W illustrations. A few pages slightly warped.

The book was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1930. It is narrated from the perspective of Hitty (short for Mehitabel), a hand-carved wooden doll made from mountain ash in the early 1820s. The story begins in Maine when Hitty is created by an ?Old Peddler? for a young girl named Phoebe Preble. Carved from a piece of mountain ash brought from Ireland, Hitty is small but treasured. When Phoebe?s father, Captain Preble, is away at sea on his whaling ship, the Peddler stays to help the family through harsh winter conditions.

Seller Inventory # 14636

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hitty Her First Hundred Years
• Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1929
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Dorothy P. Lathrop
• Printing: 2nd Printing
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket