WIGGIN, KATE DOUGLAS. THE BIRDS" CHRISTMAS CAROL. Square 8vo, rebound in stiff beige paper with original front (pictorial) and rear

covers skillfully laid down; compartmented folder and 1/4 morocco slipcase. San Francisco: C. A. Murdock & Co., 1887 FIRST EDITION of the author's second book. As with her first book, this was sold for the benefit of the Silver Street Kindergarten. An early inscription in an unidentified hand on the front free endpaper reads: "The Smith family you/ A Merry Christmas wish." Blanck, Peter Parley to Penrod, page 86.