The Library of an English Bibliophile, Part IV

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Lot 159
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Spyri, Johanna

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • Spyri, Johanna
  • Heidi. Her Years of Wandering and Learning; Heidi. How she used what she learnt...translated from the German of Johanna Spyri by Louise Brooks. Boston: Cupples, Upham & Company, 1885
  • Paper
8vo (180 by 130mm.), 2 volumes in one (as issued), FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, half-titles, 22pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original olive green silk cloth lettered and with pine spray in black, decorative floral endpapers, olive green cloth collector's box, some very slight browning

Catalogue Note

This first U.S. edition, which for the first time bound the two volumes together, is rare in collectible condition, such as this fine copy.

Little is known about Spyri's translator Louise Brooks, but her translation continued to be used in editions until as late as 1959.