1910 Antiquarian Book, Kilmeny of the Orchard, L. M. Montgomery, First Edition, Young Adult, Classic Literature, Romance, Collectible

1910 Antiquarian Book, Kilmeny of the Orchard, L. M. Montgomery, First Edition, Teen, Young Adult, Classic Literature,
Contemporary Romance, Collectible, Antique

A wonderful antiquarian hardcover book entitled Kilmeny of the Orchard by Lucy Maud Montgomery. This is an antiquarian first edition, third impression and is highly collectible. It has four plates by the artist George Gibbs (one is a frontispiece) and one on the books cover.

When twenty-four-year-old Eric Marshall arrives on Prince Edward Island to become a substitute schoolmaster, he has a bright future in his wealthy family's business. Eric has taken the two-month teaching post only as a favor to a friend -- but fate throws in his path a beautiful, mysterious girl named Kilmeny Gordon. With jet black hair and sea blue eyes, Kilmeny immediately captures Eric's heart. But Kilmeny cannot speak, and Eric is concerned for and bewitched by this shy, sensitive mute girl. For the first time in his life, Eric must work hard for something he wants badly. And there is nothing he wants more than for Kilmeny to return his love.

Lucy Maud Montgomery OBE ( Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire), (1874 – 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. The book was an immediate success. Anne Shirley, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. The first novel was followed by a series of sequels with Anne as the central character. Montgomery went on to publish 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays. Most of the novels were set in Prince Edward Island, and locations within Canada's smallest province became a literary landmark and popular tourist site – namely Green Gables farm, the genesis of Prince Edward Island National Park. She was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1935. Montgomery's work, diaries, and letters have been read and studied by scholars and readers worldwide.

Size:
7¾ x 5½ inches
256 pages
Hardcover with Graphic Insert
Published by L. C. Page & Co -- 1910 First Edition, Third Impression

This book is in excellent condition. The book is in amazing condition considering it is 110 years old. It has very little shelf wear, all the pages have no rips or tears. A couple of pages have some small stains (pages 40 and 41). It does have a previous owner's name in pencil and a small R in a circle in pen on the front flyleaf. The spine is tight and sturdy.

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