4 bidders over $7,000 for this very scarce item.
Item 320937368470 sold for $8,605 on Jul. 16, 2012
Anne of Green Gables - L. M. Montgomery RARE FIRST EDITION Very Good Condition!
"Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
Published by L.C. Page, April 1908
This auction is for the first American edition of L.M. Montgomery's first book, Anne of Green Gables!
It was published by L.C. Page in April of 1908. On the back of the title page it clearly states this is the April 1908 edition, with no additional printings indicated.
It is in Very Good condition.
Included are the frontispiece and seven additional illustrations by M.A. and W.A.J. Claus.
It measures approximately 5 1/2 by 7 3/4 inches. 429 pages, plus an 8-page list of books available from L.C. Page.
Included in this listing of books is Anne of Green Gables.
This early advertisment reads: By L.M. Montgomery, Cloth decorative, illustrated $1.50 Every one, young or old, who reads the story of "Anne of Green Gables," will fall in love with her, and tell their friends of her irresistible charm. In her creation of the young heroine of this delightful tale Miss Montgomery will receive praise for her fine sympathy with and delicate appreciation of sensitive and imaginative girlhood. The story would take rank for the character of Anne alone; but in the delineation of the characters of the old farmer, and his crabbed, dried-up spinster sister who adopt her, the author has shown an insight and descriptive power which add much to the fascination of the book.
This is an immensely scarce book, rarely seen in such nice condition!
Book Condition:
This book is in Very Good condition! It is bound in pretty, light pale green cloth. The gold gilt lettering of the title and author on the spine is very bright! The gold lettering on the cover shows light wear.
The book's cover illustration, by George Gibbs, has a few tiny scuffs.
The top and bottom corners of the spine are lightly worn, due to shelf wear. The spine's bottom edge is creased, as shown.
The corners are lightly bumped.
The boards are bright and clean - no stains, fading, bumps or scratches!
The binding is sound, and all pages and illustrations are present. This is a very clean copy! The text is bright and clearly legible.
The pages are all clean and supple, with no writing. The illustration plates are quite sharp and attractive. There are a few small smudges on the back of one illustration, as shown in the photos. There is a very small, dark stain along the bottom edge of pages 33 - 34, as shown in photographs.
There is a tiny amount of paper loss to the bottom edge of the front end paper. Pages 1, 17-18 and 113-114 also have this uneven bottom edge, possibly where uncut pages were opened.
A handful of pages have lightly creased corners. A few pages have slightly ragged exterior edges, not affecting the text.
When bound, some pages were unevenly trimmed, leaving roughly a 1/4 inch to an 1/8 inch of variance along the bottom edges. This flaw does not affect the text in any way. Minor foxing is present on some pages and plates, not affecting the text, although there are light stains to some images, as shown."
