first edition
1885 · Boston
by Spyri, Johanna
Boston: Cupples, Upham, & Company, 1885. First American Edition. Near Fine. First American edition and first obtainable English language edition. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with pine needle decoration across spine and front cover and title printed in black. 399 + 269 pp., plus publisher's catalog dated October, 1884. Near Fine with cloth lightly rubbed at extremities, lightly soiled and lightly spine darkened. A lovely copy.
(Inventory #: 140940986)