Timothys Quest, Signed (8 results)

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Later Printing. Book has slightly bumped and worn corners. A card from the Author to a friend expressing her regret at not meeting. The card is from the Hotel Albert where Wiggins stayed on Fridays. The other note from Clifford Lyman states "Worlds Fair memento from Mrs. Bridgman 1893." From the autograph collection of Lyman from the Forbes Library. A nice copy. Signed by Author(s). Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later printing. Good condition. Small pull tear top of spine, otherwise very good, tight copy. 12mo, half Green and Red cloth. Gilt title on spine. Signed and inscribed Four times by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Once signed on front fly page with oval photo of Wiggin, also signed on title page and dated 1898 and signed and inscribed on 1st page of 1st chapter with the inscription;"Half of this book written at Twillcole-Hollis, Maine. and the rest in the Falcon Inn, Stratford on Avon". And also signed for the fourth time on the last page "Finis, Kate Douglas Wiggin". A story for anybody, young or old, who dare to read it. 201 pgs. Signed by Author(s).

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: Very Good. Reprint ("thirty-seventh thousand"). Faint dampstain bottom edge lightly affecting the first several pages else a very good plus copy. This copy Inscribed by the author: "Grace Braman Howe June 1894 From Aunt Katherine.".

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.

Hardcover. Reprint. Signed by the author with a quotation written out in the author's hand. 8vo., orig. pictorial maroon cloth, 201pp. A fine copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Later Printing. Signed By Author with a salutation "Timothy's Quest was for an adopted mother for himself and the baby companion of his misfortunes. Kate Douglas Wiggin". Signed by Author(s).

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, (1890, 1916). A reprint. Original red cloth lettered in black, 201 pages. With a lengthy inscription, signed, to "Howard Ives Jr.", dated 1922. Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923) was an American educator, founder and supporter of numerous kindergartens, and writer of books for children, including "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm". The cloth unworn but a little soiled, a Very Good copy.