Anne of Green Gables de Montgomery, L. M - 1910

Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1910 (1908). First Edition, twenty-fourth printing, with "Twenty-fourth Impression, October, 1910" stated on the copyright page. Hardcover. Octavo. 7-3/4 x 5-1/4 inches. x, 429, [1], 5, [1], 2 pp. Very Good / No dustjacket. Publisher's original pinkish grey (mushroom) cloth. Variant binding, most first edition copies being in light green, tan, or brown. Front board blind ruled. Lettering stamped in gilt to front board and spine. Pictorial onlay to front board. Top edge stained brown. Fore edge untrimmed. Illustrated by M.A. and W.A.J. Claus. Frontispiece and seven additional plates in black ink and captioned. Intact tissue guard at frontispiece. Two publisher's catalogues at rear. Moderate surface wear to boards with some spotting and soiling. Minor wear at extremities with corners soft and tips lightly rubbed. Gilt lettering dulled. Pictorial pastedown lightly rubbed and scratched, with image sharp and unfaded. Contemporary (1910) gift inscription to front free endpaper with slight offset to front pastedown. Small ownership label to upper corner with number (price?) inked below. Else, internally unmarked. Pages uniformly age-toned with occasional foxing. Binding solid with barely perceptible lean. Hinges secure with cracks before frontispiece and before second publisher's catalog leaf at rear. Author's first book and most famous work. Lechowick, pp 25-29.