Item #823.8 A CHILD'S JOURNEY With DICKENS. Charles. 1812 - 1870 Dickens, Kate Douglas Wiggin, 1856 - 1923.

A CHILD'S JOURNEY With DICKENS.

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. 1st edition (BAL 22662, printing II). The US imprint not in Gimbel (cf. H479). [8], 31, [1] pp. Frontis drawing of Dickens; inserted plate, from a photograph, of "The Child". 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5". Green cloth spine over tan paper boards lettered in dark green. Dust jacket. Nr Fine (paper clip impression to top of first few leaves)/VG+ (spine panel darkened). Item #823.8

Wiggin, at the advanced age of 12, personally expounding, while on a train ride, to the great writer on the "long dull" parts of his novels. The two did agree that David Copperfield was liked best by each.

Price: $85.00