Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Montgomery, L. M.. ANNE OF THE ISLAND. Grosset & Dunlap (1915), New York, NY, 1915.
Price: US$12.50 + shipping
Description: New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good/Good. (1915). . Hardcover w/DJ. 8vo., 326 pp., DJ price-clipped, rubbed, frayed, cover corners slightly bumped, page edges foxing .
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
MONTGOMERY, L.M.. Anne of the Island. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1915.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Later. Good. Inside cover and pages brown. Corners worn and bent. Edges of cover spine worn and torn. Cover is turning yellow. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
L. M. Montgomery. Anne of Avonlea. L. C. Page & Company, 1915.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Sage green cloth with age, wear, soil. Pictorial pastedown with wear, chipping to edges. Shelf wear. Slightly darkened spine with creasing, handwritten sticker with call number. Spine tips/joints with edgewear, creasing. Corners bumped, bowed. Modest book seller sticker to bottom of front pastedown. Check mark in blue ink and gift inscription, dated 1916, to FFEP. Beginning and ending pages may include: toning, shadowing, foxing. Frontispiece detaching from bottom, about halfway. Text very good. Heavy foxing to textblock edges. Binding relaxed. Stated Twenty-third Impression, November 1915. Shelf 4f.
Seller: Friends of Poughkeepsie Library, Poughkeepsie, NY, U.S.A.
L.M. Montgomery (Fronispiece and cover by George Gibbs). Anne of Avonlea. The Page Publishers, 1915.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This old book is clean, solid and in great shape! This hardcover book by the author of "Anne of Green Gables" has 367 pages. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. There is a dedication written on the first end paper. The pages are otherwise clean with no soiling or tears. The copyright page states 1915 Twenty-Third Impression. The covers are pale blue with an illustration on a woman's face. The covers are in fair condition with general cover soiling, light edgewear and a one-inch scratch across the word "Page" on the spine. We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box!
Seller: THIS OLD BOOK, Brookfield, IL, U.S.A.
Montgomery, L. M.. Anne of the Island. Page, 1915.
Price: US$270.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Absolutely gorgeous copy in very good jacket. No previous owner markings, signatures, etc. binding and covers bright, square and trim. Color frontis illustration matching jacket and cover and still has its original glassine protective sheet. Jacket, gleaming in new mylar, has small chips, graphics and lettering not affected. Printed May, 1943. 79 years young and it's a beauty.
Seller: Dan's Books, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
L. M. Montgomery. Anne Of Green Gables. Grosset and Dunlap, 1915.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover, no jacket, in Good to Very Good condition, there are no stamps writing or marks, 39th impression, 1915, a few full-page illustrations by M.A. and W.A.J. Claus, 10 pages of advertisements at the back, nice shape for its age,
Seller: Eatons Books and Crafts, Owatonna, MN, U.S.A.
L. M. Montgomery. ANNE OF THE ISLAND. The Page Company, Boston, 1915.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: ; Beige cloth cover is discolored with modest soiling and wear to the mounted color pictorial but in good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Erasure on front end sheet. Scattered foxing to front matter. Color frontispiece protected by tissue. Pages are lightly toned with very sparse modest thumbing but overall very clean and in very good condition.
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
L.M. Montgomery. Anne of Green Gables. Grosset and Dunlap, New York, 1915.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original taupe cloth on boards. Pastedown of woman's silhouette on front cover. This is the 39th Impression from February, 1915. Including the frontispiece, there are four black and white illustrations. Several pages of ads in the back. Previous owner's name and date. Small hole in cloth at front edge of spine. Front hinge cracked, and rear hinge partially broken. Some spotting on back cover. This item is on consignment, so no discounts apply. This book will be sent insured. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Dave Shoots, Bookseller, Saint John, NB, Canada
L. M. Montgomery. Anne of Green Gables. L. C. Page & Company, Boston, 1915.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, early printing, at least 1915 since Anne of The Island is listed as a publication. Only date on copyright page is 1908. This book measures approximately 7.75" x 5.25", with 429 numbered pages. Comes with a brand new facsimile (reproduction) dust jacket for protection and display. This book is in good plus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Moderate staining to both boards. Moderate scuffing to top and bottom edges of textblock. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Interior pages are bright and clean. "Anne of Green Gables" is the story Anne Shirley, an orphan who was mistakenly sent to work as a farmhand at a farmhouse in Green Gables. Although siblings Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert had originally sent for a boy to help them run the farm, they chose to keep Anne anyway and adopt her. This heartwarming tale chronicles her journey of overcoming and exceeding boundaries. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (N12-16).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Montgomery, L.M.. Anne of the Island. The Page Company, Boston, 1915.
Price: US$1495.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: owners name, Stated "first impression". Shelf wear creasing on spine bottom. binding good. Frontispiece is not straight to page and may have been glued back in. Some soiling. W2 3
Seller: COVENANT HERITAGE LIBRIS, Saint John, NB, Canada
Montgomery, L. M.. Anne of the Island. L.C. Page Company, Boston, 1915.
Price: US$1950.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: "First Impression, July, 1915" on copyright page. A near-fine copy with bright and clean boards and un-scratched front cover illustration. Minor flaws: a touch of soiling to top page edges, slight foxing to edges of prelims, corner crease to frontis tissue guard, and a few minor soil spots to pages. Otherwise bright and clean inside and out. A beautiful copy of the third book in Montgomery's famous Anne of Green Gables series, becoming increasingly difficult to find in nice condition.
Seller: Magus Books of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Montgomery, L. M.. Anne Of The Island. The Page Company, Boston, 1915.
Price: US$1999.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: States "First Impression, July 1915". Bound in pale green cloth with light soiling and rubbing to the inset picture on the front cover.T The top half of the first page of adds has been removed.
Seller: Mark Henderson, Olathe, KS, U.S.A.
Montgomery, L. M. Anne of the Island.. The Page Company, Boston, 1915.
Price: US$7800.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing of the third title in Montgomery's beloved Anne of Green Gables series with all first issue points including stated first impression on copyright page, 1915 date in roman numerals on title page. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece and mounted cover illustration in color by H. Weston Taylor, 16 pages of publisherâs advertisements bound at rear. Near fine in a later issue dust jacket with a few small closed tears. The story of the red-haired orphan Anne Shirley, Anne of Green Gables âis the most popular and enduring of a host of girlsâ stories published in the United States and Canada in the first years of the 20th centuryâ (Carpenter & Pritchard, 25-26). âMontgomery began writing about Anne as a serial for a Sunday school periodical in the spring of 1904. The character became so real that she eventually decided to develop the idea into a full novel. Much as she would later with readers, Anne took hold of her creator, developing into a feisty, imaginative little being who demanded to be noticed and lovedâ (Keeline, 41).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Montgomery, L. M.. Anne of the Island.. The Page Company, Boston, 1915.
Price: US$9200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing of the third title in Montgomery's beloved Anne of Green Gables series with all first issue points including stated first impression on copyright page, 1915 date in roman numerals on title page, correct dust jacket blurbs and price ($1.25). Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece and mounted cover illustration in color by H. Weston Taylor, 16 pages of publisherâs advertisements bound at rear. Fine in the scarce original dust jacket with a small chip to the spine. Exceptionally rare and desirable. Copies of this title in the original dust jacket are of the utmost scarcity. The story of the red-haired orphan Anne Shirley, Anne of Green Gables âis the most popular and enduring of a host of girlsâ stories published in the United States and Canada in the first years of the 20th centuryâ (Carpenter & Pritchard, 25-26). âMontgomery began writing about Anne as a serial for a Sunday school periodical in the spring of 1904. The character became so real that she eventually decided to develop the idea into a full novel. Much as she would later with readers, Anne took hold of her creator, developing into a feisty, imaginative little being who demanded to be noticed and lovedâ (Keeline, 41).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.