![]() ![]() Very good condition - better than average for a children's book of this vintage - in dark green cloth with gilt lettering and a multi-colored illustration on the front cover. Illustrated by Hermann Heyer with seven internal glossy plates.This title is not included in the list at the front of the book, is the final title in the ad at the rear. Ever since the first story - 'The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew' was published in Wide Awake Magazine in the 1880's, these stories have been read and loved by generations of children (Sidney married the publisher of that magazine - Daniel Lothrup - and together they purchased Nathaniel Hawthorne's home in Concord, Massachusetts - the Wayside.) This is the first book publication of the first two stories published in Wide Awake - Polly Pepper's Chicken Pie and Phronsie's New Shoes - and twelve new stories. True first edition of the eleventh title in the Five Little Peppers series. ![]() Hardcover first edition - First printing. ![]()
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