Anne of Green Gables

Lot 151
15.10.2021 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 151 | Anne of Green Gables
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$ 12 000 – 18 000
MONTGOMERY, Lucy Maud (1874-1942). Anne of Green Gables. Boston: L. C. Page & Co., 1908.

A lovely copy of the first edition of Montgomery's first book, dated "April 1908" on verso of title page. Sharing the adventures of "Anne with an 'e'" as she is sent to live on the farm of Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, Anne of Green Gables still remains a popular and enduring work among "kindred spirits" in the U.S., Canada, and abroad. Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 124.

Octavo. Half title, frontipiece. Illustrations by M.A. and W.A.J. Claus. Original gilt-stamped olive ribbed cloth, mounted pictorial label (lightly rubbed at extremities). Provenance: Miss Dora Nelson (ownership inscription dated 1908).
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