Timothys Quest, First Edition (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Small pretty first edition hardcover book with no bumping or wear. Hint of very faint soiling to cloth boards. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean bright endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Pages 89 - 92 have a tea-stain to page margin, else all pages are clean and bright. 201 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover - Good condition. Contains previous owner's name. PLEASE REVIEW PICTURES.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-VG. O. Herford (illustrator). First Thus. Red cloth, lettered/decorated in black. Text block edges typically somewhat dulled by age with mild foxing to portions of fore-edge, otherwise only minor shelf wear, one leaf (pp. 131-132) with loss along bottom edge not affecting text. Former owner's address label mounted on upper front flyleaf, which also shows a vintage gift inscription, dated 1923. Color illus. dust jacket shows several small chips and a few short tears along edges, several pieces of tape repair along spine panel, which is toned/foxed, front panel displays well in new mylar. viii,259,[5] pp., b&w drawings. Not the 1922 photoplay edition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A STORY FOR ANYBODY, YPUNG OR OLD, WHO CARES TO READ IT. BOOK IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. A TEAR DRENCHED TALE OF AN ORPHAN LAD and HIS LITTLE SISTER.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 201pp. red cloth-covered boards with green cloth spine. paper yellowing. light soiling/wear on cover. text unmarked. an attractive copy despite flaws. First Printing. Size: 12mo - over 6 3/4 in - 7 3/4 in tall. Year: 1890.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1891. Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. Copyright 1890. 201 Pages. 1/2 black linen with red linen covered boards. Gilt title on black spine, at edge of black and red is a gilt decoration of a line of leaves. The cover boards shows the title in black on red. The cover art is by the renowned binder and cover designer, Sarah Wyman Whitman. Over twenty-five years Whitman did the covers for more than 300 Houghton and Mifflin works. She was also sought after for her work in stained glass. Moderate edge wear at top and base of spine and at lower corners. Original owners s name inscribed with a Christmas message dated 1890. Binding is showing some slight starting between signatures. The title and copyright pages bear no notations indicating a later printing (e.g twenty-fifth thousandth), no adverts. This first edition is beleived to be a first printing. Timothy, age ten, sets out to rescue his two year old foster "sister" with his dog Rags. Scene II, Little Timothy Jessup assumes parental responsibilities. Kate Douglas Wiggin wrote twenty or more books. This one was written ten years before her most famous work, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Wiggin, a fixture in Hollis, Maine, and only the second woman to receive an honorary degree from Bowdoin College, also spent a substantial portion of her life in the San Francisco area where she had been a school teacher prior to taking up writing.

This work was written whne she was a boarder a the Carll boarding house by the Saco River; she would later buy the property in 1895 and use it as her summer home. It became known as Quillcote, or house of the pen. 


Green / Red Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. V, 200. This Christmas Themed Story, With Covers In Green And Red Cloth Lettered In Gilt And Decorated In Gilt Holly, Is Nicely Inscribed As A Christmas Gift In The Year Of Publication. Inscribed "For Dr. And Mrs. Stebbins With The Dearest Love Kate D Wiggin Xmas 1890" . Stebbins Was A Good Friend Of Wiggin, And Had Assisted Her Move From Santa Barbara To San Francisco; His Children Were The Dedicatees Of Her Most Famous Book, "A Bird's Christmas Carol". Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Timothy's Quest by Kate Douglas Wiggin is a heartfelt tale of two orphans who run away from a harsh orphanage and find hope, healing, and a sense of belonging in a rural Maine farmhouse filled with quirky but kind-hearted characters. Faults: Front pastedown stamped by school district, front flyleaf has owner's signature and date (1927). Very minor bumping to red cloth boards and spine. Slight scratching and a few white spots to back cover. Otherwise, this book is a tightly bound, pages are all clean, no scribblings, notes, etc. Square spine, no split hinges. Not signed.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None, as Issued. First Edition. Bright, clean red binding with gold and black lettering; light rubbing to top and bottom of spine; inscribed by the author in 1914 with a quote from the book: "'Do you need any babies here please?' asks Timothy with a trembling voice." Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Inscribed By Author.

First Edition. Hard cover. 8vo. First Edition. Clean unmarked text. Fine boards and binding. Satisfaction guaranteed.

First Edition. Hard cover. No dj. 12mo. First edition. Very good-fine condition. Very nice boards and binding. Nicde addition to any collection. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Very good condition. In "Timothy's Quest" Mrs. Wiggin describes how Timothy sought a mother for a little girl who had been his little playmate in a baby farm from which they have escaped. They brought away a dog with them, and the experiences of this trio . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Book.

First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Dirigo Films photoplay starring Joseph Marieday and Baby Helen Rowlind. Near Fine, contemporary ownership signature at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at top spine end, some closed edge tears and wear.

Hardcover. First Edition; Later Printing. Very Good in boards, two very tiny tears to copyright page.

First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Dirigo Films photoplay starring Joseph Marieday and Baby Helen Rowlind. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few small spine end chips.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dark green cloth half-bound to spine over red cloth boards with bright, as new gilt lettering to red and holly/botanical to green. Gilt lettering to spine as well. Small book is tight, square, sharp-cornered and free of major flaws or markings inside and out, other than some very minor soiling to cover and a faded spot to bottom corner of few few pages. First edition of this Christmas themed book.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in boards. Owner personalization on FEP.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in boards. Owner name on FEP.

Pas de couverture. Condition: Moyen. Edition originale. "SANS FOYER (TIMOTHY'S QUEST)" Réalisé par Charles BARTON en 1936 avec de gauche à droite: Dickie MOORE, Virginia WEIDLER / Photo originale PARAMOUNT n° 22 (1936) / Format: 25x19cm / Etat moyen /// Original Photo PARAMOUNT n° 22 (1936) / Size: 25x19cm / Good- condition.

Pas de couverture. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. "SANS FOYER (TIMOTHY'S QUEST)" Réalisé par Charles BARTON en 1936 avec de gauche à droite: Dickie MOORE, Elizabeth PATTERSON / Photo originale PARAMOUNT n° 25 (1936) / Format: 25x19,5cm / Bon état /// Original Photo PARAMOUNT n° 25 (1936) / Size: 25x19,5cm / Good condition.

Pas de couverture. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. "SANS FOYER (TIMOTHY'S QUEST)" Réalisé par Charles BARTON en 1936 avec Dickie MOORE / Photo originale PARAMOUNT n° 23 (1936) / Format: 25x19,5cm / Bon état /// Original Photo PARAMOUNT n° 23 (1936) / Size: 25x19,5cm / Good condition.

Pas de couverture. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. "SANS FOYER (TIMOTHY'S QUEST)" Réalisé par Charles BARTON en 1936 avec de gauche à droite: Dickie MOORE, Eleanore WHITNEY / Photo originale PARAMOUNT n° 24 (1936) / Format: 25x19,5cm / Très bon état /// Original Photo PARAMOUNT n° 24 (1936) / Size: 25x19,5cm / Very good+ condition.