Adopting an Abandoned Farm

D. Appleton and Company, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Signed. Green spine over buff paper-covered boards, lettered in gilt to spine, printed decoration & lettering to front board, 12mo, 171 pp. + publisher's ads. Moderate spine slant, edgewear to boards. Inscribed on front endpaper by Sanborn. Her fun tale of farming in New England. Kate Sanborn was an author, lecturer, teacher, and farmer. Possibly her most important effort was compiling the first anthology of women's humor. Her own writing is light and humorous making her books both instructive (truncated) and fun to read. (Inventory #: 201693)