Item #00009200 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. Alice Caldwell Hegan.

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

New York: The Century Co., 1901. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [10], 3-153, [1] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering and decorations on the front board and spine, decorations in red and black on the front board. Dramatic Publishing (website), "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch". The basis for the movie starring W.C. Fields (with four movie adaptations being produced from this book, as well as numerous stage adaptations). Hegan's novel focuses on an incredibly optimistic, but incredibly poor, southern widow who feeds her daughters cabbage soup three times a day. A charming story of love versus greed. Very Good. Item #00009200

A Very Good book with the first few leaves very slightly misaligned, some of these leaves show a faint, small dampstain to their gutters.

Price: $100.00

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