ANNE OF THE ISLAND. by MONTGOMERY, L(ucy) M(aud) - 1915

London: Pitman, 1915 Montgomery, L(ucy) M(aud). ANNE OF THE ISLAND. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd., 1915. Undated title page suggest that the book is either the correct First UK Edition or a very early printing. 8vo., [octavo] 326 pp. + 20p. ads Earliest catalogue '0' at rear. Publisher's gilt lettered blue cloth with Illustrated upper cover paste on illustration of Anne Shirley by H. Weston Taylor. The story of the red-haired orphan Anne Shirley who leaves Avonlea for 4 years of college and realizes that she and Gilbert Blythe were meant for each other. The third of eight titles in the classic Anne of Green Gables series set in rural Prince Edward Island by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery [1874 - 1942]. UNCOMMON as the First UK Edition. A solid very good copy slightly faded at the spine but clearly in very decent collectible condition. $375. 1st Edition.