MONTGOMERY, Lucy Maud (1874-1942). Anne of Green Gables. Boston: L. C. Page & Co., 1908.
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MONTGOMERY, Lucy Maud (1874-1942). Anne of Green Gables. Boston: L. C. Page & Co., 1908.

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MONTGOMERY, Lucy Maud (1874-1942). Anne of Green Gables. Boston: L. C. Page & Co., 1908.

8o. Illustrations by M.A. and W.A.J. Claus. Original brown ribbed cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine, mounted pictorial label on front cover (some rubbing and light wear along joints and extremities, label slightly rubbed, hinges splitting). Provenance: S. N. Fleming (ownership stamp on pastedown); Marion C. Fleming (ownership inscription on fly-leaf).

FIRST EDITION OF MONTBOMERY'S FIRST BOOK, dated "April 1908" on verso of title page. Sharing the adventures of "Anne with an 'e'" as she is sent to live on the farm of Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, Anne of Green Gables still remains a popular and enduring work among "kindred spirits" in the U.S., Canada, and abroad. First edition copies are generally found in the more common green cloth bindings. Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 124.