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The Library of a Deceased Irish Collector
Lot 223

MONTGOMERY (LUCY MAUD)
Anne of Green Gables, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION with "April, 1908" on copyright page, Boston, L.C. Page, 1908

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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MONTGOMERY (LUCY MAUD)

Anne of Green Gables, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION with "April, 1908" on copyright page, half-title, 8 plates by M.A. and W.A.J. Claus, 8pp. of advertisements at end, small stain in margin of p.113, publisher's light blue-green cloth, pictorial label mounted on upper cover, rubbed, light soiling, later cloth slipcase [Peter Parley to Penrod, p.124], 8vo, Boston, L.C. Page, 1908

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FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF MONTGOMERY'S FIRST NOVEL, one of the most enduringly popular classics of children's literature. On publication it met with instant acclaim, the publisher announcing a second printing within two weeks of registering the title at the copyright office, and some thirty-eight impressions were printed by 1914.

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