American author (1856-1923) best known for the juvenile classic Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Signed book: The Old Peabody Pew. Later printing. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1907. Hardcover, 6 x 8.75, 143 pages. Signed on the first free end page in ink, "A Dorcas Story. Mostly fiction, with a gram of truth. Kate Douglas Wiggin," adding an inscription below to a noted American artist, "To John F. Weir, K.D.W." Below is a pencil presentation inscription from the Weirs to their daughter, Edith Weir Perry, a miniature painter and author. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with light wear and soiling to boards.
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