Montgomery, L. M.

Anne of Green Gables.  Boston: L. C. Page, 1908



In 8s (7  1/2  x 5 in.; 190 x 126 mm).  9 plates by M. A. and W. A. J. Claus, 8 pp. advertisements at end; minimal wear.  Publisher's pale green ribbed cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt, pictorial label on upper cover; some wear, soiling and rubbing.  Green buckram slipcase.

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First edition, first impression of one of the most sought-after children's books published in America.  Only eight copies of the first impression, stating April 1908 on the copyright page, have appeared at auction in the last thirty-five years.  Although films were made of the book in 1919 and 1934, it was a made-for-television film of 1985 that brought the book to the attention of a large and devoted coterie of readers in the United States, Canada (where the novel is set), and Japan.