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Further Chronicles of Avonlea
by Montgomery, L. M
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- near fine
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: The Page Company, 1920. Undetermined. near fine. 1st Impression (March, 1920). [xi] 301 +(6),12pp catalogue at rearpp. Octavo. Illustrated dust jacket over publisher's light green cloth with titles in gilt to spine and front board, with portrait illustration. Light shelfwear and rubbing to lower edges of boards, corner and head and tail of spine. Head of spine and corners lightly bumped. Four corners of jacket clipped (likely by publisher, see Lechowick). Lower left corner of rear jacket panel with 9cm area perished; a few smaller losses at head and tail of spine and along extremities. Spine of wrapper has paste on price of $1.75 present. Gift inscription to ffep and minor age-toning to endpapers, else a tight and clean copy. Illustrated frontis with tissue guard; 5 black and white plates from drawings. near fine True first edition in one of two cloth colour variants, the other being tan cloth boards. Though Montgomery's contract with L.C. Page Co. Ended in 1916, the company salvaged unpublished material from their archives and released the "Further Chronicles of Avonlea", to the author's great dismay. Scarce in jacket. Lechowick P 55. Russell 372. See Editions and Impressions. 1920
Synopsis
Further Chronicles of Avonlea is a collection of short stories by L. M. Montgomery and is a sequel to Chronicles of Avonlea. Published in 1920, it includes a number of stories relating to the inhabitants of the fictional Canadian village of Avonlea and its region, located on Prince Edward Island.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 132605
- Title
- Further Chronicles of Avonlea
- Author
- Montgomery, L. M
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Page Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1920
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Anne of Green Gables|Avonlea|L.M. Montgomery|Short Stories
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