Spyri, Johanna

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

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Description

Spyri, Johanna
Heidi's Lehr - und Wanderjahre; Heidi kann brauchen, was es gelernt hat. Gotha: Friedrich Andreas Perthes, 1880-81
Paper

8vo (184 x 134mm.), 2 volumes, FIRST EDITIONS IN THE ORIGINAL GERMAN, original red cloth decorated in black and lettered in gilt, volume 2 with decorative endpapers, marbled edges, red morocco-backed collector's slipcase and chemise, some light spotting and browning, vol. 1 rebacked and strengthened, new endpapers, spine faded; vol. 2 with some minor colour restoration at head of spine, small neat contemporary ownership inscription in ink on title-page (2)

Catalogue Note

Perhaps because of their very fragile paper, the first editions of the first two volumes of Heidi are scarce. Spyri wrote the novel in only four weeks, and although she went on to write numerous further stories for both children and adults, Heidi remains the work for which she is remembered.