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Montgomery, L. M.
Estimate
20,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description
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Anne of Green Gables. Boston: L.C. Page, 1908
8vo (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.; 190 x 130 mm). 8 plates including frontispiece by M.A. and W.A.J. Claus, 8 pp. of advertisements at end; occasional tiny spots in lower margin of a few leaves. Publisher's pale green ribbed cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt, pictorial label on upper cover, in a mylar cover, in a green cloth slipcase; head and foot of spine mended, as is fore-edge of upper cover, spine lightly soiled, a few tiny spots on lower cover.
8vo (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.; 190 x 130 mm). 8 plates including frontispiece by M.A. and W.A.J. Claus, 8 pp. of advertisements at end; occasional tiny spots in lower margin of a few leaves. Publisher's pale green ribbed cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt, pictorial label on upper cover, in a mylar cover, in a green cloth slipcase; head and foot of spine mended, as is fore-edge of upper cover, spine lightly soiled, a few tiny spots on lower cover.
Literature
Peter Parley to Penrod 124; Nickle Arts Museum, Editions and Impressions (2005)
Catalogue Note
First edition, first impression of one of the most sought-after children's books published in America. Only nine copies of the first impression, stating April 1908 on the copyright page, have appeared at auction in the last thirty-five years.