Published in 1917 by Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York. Beige cloth boards with brown lettering on front cover and spine. Spine is sunned. Minimal wear and stains to front and rear boards. Deckled fore edge. Binding is tight. Pages are crisp and clean. Tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall and her two aunts, one stern and one kind, in the fictional village of Riverboro, Maine. Rebecca's joy for life inspires her aunts, but she faces many trials in her young life. Wiggin wrote a sequel, "New Chronicles of Rebecca." Eric Wiggin, a grand-nephew of the author, wrote updated versions of several Rebecca books, including a concluding story. The story was adapted for the theatrical stage and filmed three times, once with Shirley Temple in the title role, as well as a Japanese animated short as part of the Anime Tamago project.