(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) WIGGIN, KATE DOUGLAS. The Birds' Christmas Carol. Square 12mo, original printed wrappers, front cover detached and stained, backstrip rubbed with slight loss to head and foot, vertical crease; contents clean; preserved in chemise and 1/4 morocco slipcase. San Francisco: C.A. Murdock & Co., 1887
first edition of a fragile and scarce title. the author's first published book. ABPC records only four copies sold since 1990. Issued in both red printed and black printed wrappers, this copy in black (no priority). Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 86.
