Anne of Green Gables & Anne of Avonlea (Lot of the first two Anne books, Anne of GG 4th Printing 1908 and Anne of A 1st Printing, 1909) L.M. Montgomery (Lucy Maud)

Lot of the first two Anne books by Lucy Maud Montgomery Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. First Edition - Fourth Printing. New York: L.C. Page & Company, 1908. Printed the same year as the first printing. Eight plate illustrations including the frontispiece. Clothed in facsimile jacket based on a later edition. Collation: end-paper; half-title; illustration as a frontispiece; title page; copywrite page lists "Third Impression, August, 1908", and "Fourth Impression, September, 1908; Dedication to Montgomery's Father and Mother, Contents, List of Illustrations, Main Text. About Very Good covers surrounding Very Good pages. Solid binding and complete pages. The book itself has the usual soiling to the boards as these books were literally read-to-death. Typical age-toning to the paper but not bad all things considered. Half-title cut at the bottom about 1/4", which appears to be a manufacturing short-coming. Some light foxing to the blanks before the frontispiece. Copies of Anne of Green Gables from 1908 are in high-demand right now. The original Anne book which began modern girls' literature. (the lowest price for a first printing I can find available right now is $8500 with four other examples beginning at $15,000.) Anne of Avonlea (the second Anne book) by L.M. Montgomery. Hardcover First Edition - First Printing. New York: L.C. Page & Company, 1909. Clothed in facsimile jacket. This was the first sequel and second in the series of Anne books. Collation: end-paper, half-title, also cut shorter at bottom like AGG (i), list of Montgomery's works (ii), only AGG and AA on verso, color frontispiece with tissue guard, title page (iii), copyright page with "First Impression, 1909" without further listed impressions (iv), Dedication (v), Contents (vii-viii). Main Text (1-367), several pages of lists of new fiction from L.C. Page. of ads. Unlike AGG, no further illustrations other than the frontispiece. Very Good+ Boards in Near Fine Text-block, i.e. Pages. A bit better condition than its predecessor. Light soling to the boards and fairly clean but slightly age-toned text-block. Anne of Green Gables by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery is one of the earliest novels in English which told a story through the point of view of a pre-adolescent girl. Certainly other stories appeared with girls but very few where the girl was the protagonist. It was an instant sensation when first published in 1908. There was an Antiques Roadshow appraisal of a near-perfect first printing copy the owner found at a flee market. The copy was appraised for $12,000 to $18,000. NOTE: All modern books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers. ALSO: The pictures are of the actual item(s) for sale. (The pictures are NOT stock photos.) Ships in priority mail medium box. International shipping also available.