Description
For sale is a rare and exceptional 1939 Orchard House Edition in a Good dust jacket protected in archival wrap. Rare Vintage Collectible with three color illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith who illustrated the first edition. Orchard Edition stated, but undated with 1915 Little Brown on the copyright page. No Printing listed with 1939 on the title page.
Very Good hardcover with clean, bright blue boards with one finger print sized lighter spotting on the silk moire covers, with a very strong sheen and pattern. The gilt is very strong on the front board with a few specks missing from the E and N of the title, while the spine is sunned with more gilt chipped off. Also with clean, lightly toned page blocks, tight binding, moderate to heavy spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, moderate edge wear and lightly rubbed corners with no bare spots. Previous owner’s name, city and 1941 written in ink on the top of the title page. There is also a very light ink stamp on the reverse of the rear free endpaper. No other marks or inscriptions inside. Pages clean and lightly toned.
Good un-clipped dust jacket with heavy edge wear,chips gaps and a 4″ tear on the back. The front cover illustration is only marred by a crease. Looks nice in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Readers young and old will fall in love with this beloved classic, at once a lively portrait of nineteenth-century family life and a feminist novel about young women defying society’s expectations.
Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
