✅ Antique hardcover edition
✅ 1903 printing (see copyright page)
✅ Published by The Century Co., New York
✅ Original illustrated green cloth boards
✅ Approx. 7.5" x 5"
✅ Complete text with illustrations and chapter headings
✅ Wonderful early 20th-century collectible
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Offered here is a charming 1903 printing of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch by Alice Caldwell Hegan, one of America's most beloved early 20th-century novels. First published in 1901, the story became a literary sensation and inspired stage productions, silent films, and later adaptations.
This edition features the attractive original green cloth binding with cover artwork and remains a wonderful piece for collectors of antique literature, Victorian and Edwardian fiction, decorative bindings, and early American publishing.
The book measures approximately 7.5 inches tall by 5 inches wide.
Please review all photographs carefully as they are part of the description.
Notable condition observations include:
• Original green cloth hardcover
• Moderate shelf and edge wear consistent with age
• Corner and spine wear present
• Interior pages remain generally clean and readable
• Some scattered foxing/age toning
• Several pages contain pencil scribbles/doodles from a young reader many decades ago
• Previous owner inscription dated May 3, 1903
• Binding remains intact
• No dust jacket
This remains a very displayable antique copy with wonderful character and over 120 years of history.
Alice Caldwell Hegan's Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch became one of the best-selling American novels of the early 1900s. The uplifting story of optimism despite poverty captured readers around the world and helped define American sentimental fiction of the era.
Original Century Company editions remain popular with collectors of antique books and decorative libraries.
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