Set Reminder2023-08-17 12:00:002023-08-17 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Firsts: The Library of Robin and Kathryn Smiley https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/firsts-the-library-of-robin-and-kathryn-smiley-21926 We are pleased to announce the sale of Firsts: The Book Collector's Magazine's co-Publishers and Editors, Robin and Kathryn Smiley's collection of modern firsts of literature, mystery & detective fiction, and western literature.
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SIDNEY, Margaret (pseudonym of Harriet LOTHROP, 1844-1924). Five Little Peppers and How They Grew. Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, [1880]. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE BINDING, FIRST PRINTING with ?said Polly? as the caption on p. 231. This novel, published by her husband?s publishing company, was the first volume of the popular ?Peppers? series of books. It was also the basis of the 1939 film starring Edith Fellows and Charles Peck, directed by Charles Barton. A very handsome copy.