Anne Of Green Gables First Editions

Bound in green cloth true first editions state first impression april 1908 on the copyright page and contain 8 illustrations by m a.

Anne of green gables first editions.

In boston in 1908. Over 19 000 copies were sold in the first five months. Since that first edition in 1908 this girl adopted into a little town called avonlea in prince edward island canada has been stealing the hearts of readers generation after generation and is still adored by kindred spirits around the world today. 1908 anne of green gables first edition.

Anne of green gables first edition. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Just over 100 years ago lucy maud montgomery introduced the world to a red headed spirited orphan girl named anne with an e shirley. Since then over 50 million copies have been sold worldwide.

Oversized unpaginated colorful illustrations a simplified retelling of how anne an eleven year old orphan comes to live on a prince edward island farm and preceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her. Due to age and or environmental conditions the pages of this book have darkened. A young orphan struggles to adjust to the new experience of a permanent home on prince edward island. In 2009 a first edition of anne of green gables sold for 37 500 at a new york auction.

My daughter was about ten years old when we started reading the anne of green gables series and then at a flea market i saw this book and i. Seller inventory 79045. The book quickly became a best seller.