Susanna and Sue
Houghton Mifflin And Company, Boston, New York, (1909). Houghton Mifflin Company,, 1909. First Edition,First Printing. Gray pictorial cloth designed by Theodore Brown Hapgood with portrait illustration to top cover mounted within a border of corn and grapes with a pumpkin underneath, lettered and decorated in dark green and orange, pictorial spine, decorated endpapers, Susanna and Sue by Kate Douglas Wiggins is a slight, 1909 novella about Susanna Hathaway who flees a bad marriage to live in a 19th century Shaker village. John Hathaway was not an abusive man, but he is a shallow rake and Susanna has had enough. She takes her daughter to live and work and regroup with the Shakers. They encourage her to renounce the outside world and join their idyllic community. Good-- / no dj. Item #biblio572
Houghton Mifflin Company,, 1909. First Edition,, First Printing. With Illustrations by Alice Barber Stephens and N. C. Wyeth. Boston and New York::
No Dust jacket, Good, clean, vibrant, shelf wear at top and bottom of spine. top and back cover separated from spine, needs repair. Gray pictorial cloth designed by Theodore Brown Hapgood with portrait illustration to top cover mounted within a border of corn and grapes with a pumpkin underneath, lettered and decorated in dark green and orange, pictorial spine, decorated endpapers, top edge gilt, covers only lightly rubbed. Not enough experience to attempt repairs. Body of book is well in tact and solid.
Price: $175.00